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So, what of the T-shirt?
The T-shirt first evolved in the late 19th century through cutting the one-piece union suit undergarment into an individual top and bottom. T-shirts were then adopted by laborers in underground mines and on shipping docks the as a way to keep cool while working in hot environs.
In the United States, T-shirts became more popular after the crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton garments were issued by the U.S. Navy, to be worn under uniform, during the Spanish American War. Named the T-shirt - or simply, tee - due to the shirt's outline, this inexpensive, lightweight top soon became popular amongst farmers and ranchers as a comfortable bottom layer.
Following World War II, it was not uncommon to see veterans wearing uniform trousers with their T-shirts around town as casual clothing. Finally, when T-shirts were worn as outfits in films of the 1950's - including A Streetcar Named Desire - the garment's status as acceptable, stand-alone attire was cemented. With the onset of the 1960's, both men and women began wearing T-shirts with frequency and ease.
Our Women's Long-Sleeve Tee continues the tradition with comfort and panache. Soft cotton. Fitted. Longer cut. Throw this on for Sunday brunch or just walking your pooch around the block.
The latest trend is T-shirts bearing statements with any manner of words, graphics or photos, on display for all the world to see. In essence, the tee has become a vehicle for self-expression, shall we say.
What's your best vehicle for self-expression? T-shirts? Bumper stickers? Swing dancing? Opera singing? Or maybe it's Facebook, Twitter, or your trusty Peterman's Eyedentity? Go on - express yourself!
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Yay! Got onto today's topic. Perseverance and all that
Topic is self-expression. Whether its Facebook, The Eye or....the t-shirt. Art has always done it for me. Working with clay and forming things that express how I feel. As well, and I know so many of us wll agree: food. Preparing, sharing food expresses so much.....love, caring.
But if it must be written, The Eye is it.
Food and my epiphyllums.
The most glorious creature
under the sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8
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am pretty sure Ivan was an extra in this.
wow, is this a protest day?
protest day today?
Nope, just a very late start. Unless you count Smokey. I think he is holding out for a new contract.How are the book sales going, Mr. Hall?
Sorry, not a fan of tattoos..."tramp stamps" and all....
Guess the long sleeved ladies' T-shirts Mr. P is advertising would cover up a lot of that ink!
I like them for comfort, colors, and generous cut...Thanks, Mr. J.P.!
Not trying to stand out anywhere...Just happy to blend in.
My old poem "Shirt Tales"
Narrow spread with snap tab Medium spread, button downBanded collars with cuff linksFor going out on the townWide spread three inch pointsBasket
Weaves or Reverse BlendsRound or curved Pinpoint OxfordsFor dinner parties with lifelong friendsSea Island or Egyptian CottonsBroadcloth for a preppy lookA Polo for a golf outingA soft Tee while I read a book
Shirts have always shaped my lifeAnd have helped me to survive As I carry on each dayIn a size 17/35
Many things in life serve multiple purposes. Shirts shield us from the elements and at the
same time add color and form to our lives. Buttons reveal the nimbleness of our fingers and thumbs. Shirts impart to us what team we're on or who we support. Look at the photos made throughout your life and the myriad of shirts that were there with you. Old friends are like the comfortable clothes you wear. T shirts certainly grow more comforatable with age. And I am so happy they took out those scratchy tags.
Why does IE not like JP? Firefox is a friendlier beast.
Did you notice how young Groucho was in that video?
Mr. P's Tees are an exception, of course, but for the most part T-shirts have been the undoing of good taste and propriety in clothing. When it became 'fashionable' to throw a T on it seems that good grooming and care went out the window. People would rather their shirt scream who they are and what they like (what band, what beer, what TV show, etc.) rather than actually converse and let people get to know them. Few people--Eye denizens excepted--take the time to put their ensemble together so they can make a clean polished impression, opting rather to grab the nearest T-shirt and go. I know some of you guys are there are going to try and make a case for the wet-T shirt and it's ability to enhance pulchritude, but I'm still going to lament the demise of good fashion and fashion sense, which I lay at the door of the T-shirt.
Moose - at age 65, feeling really old, my youngest daughter said to stop talking about it and do it. So, I did get a tattoo. I suppose it's a statement of sorts, it tells what's important in my life. It's a small ( 2 inches) bouquet of four flowers, each a different color....blue for my son, pink for my girly girl, yellow for my sunshine and red for the one with my temper. The bouquet is bound by a gold wedding band for my husband. It's a few inches below my left shoulder since I figured, the way things are dropping, it should be about right in a couple of years.
Which T-shirt? The skimpy tight-fitting one that looks good with my new jeans? The half a dozen 'gardening' T-shirts that are clean and decent? Maybe the old baggy long ones that cover my bum and pass as a nightdress if I have visitors. Mr P should save his breath to cool his porridge if he wants to sell clothes to me - I can go to the Oxfam shop and get a T-shirt for small change - or a swap if I take something in as a donation.
Miss Korthal ~ did you notice how young, slim and tall IVAN was in that video? The cowboy hat was the only clue. He will deny it and say it was a long lost uncle or cousin, but we knows, we knows. Miss Hazel ~ My wife is going to kill me if she sees this but IF we are voting, my hand is up for the skimpy tight-fitting one that looks good with your new jeans. She would kill me again had I left the "for" out of the previous sentence.
I guess it's my crazy eye glasses that get the comments so they must be a way of expressing myself. I need them to read or see anything close so they are usually with me either on top on my head or in use.
TT~ Sure you meant fungers and thimbs. Those bert shuttons are very fumbly things.
paolos~ Thanks, I needed a harmless cheer-up..
Forgot to say - if people want me to wear a T-shirt advertising a product, they'd have to pay me, like I'm a billboard or something. The only T-shirt (sadly faded) I possess has a picture of a cat sitting, paw poised by a computer keyboard saying "Are you sure you want to delete this?"
The only one with an image on it.
Clever tease on tees.
To go full circle, I used to spend a great deal of time in Dallas and after going to that steak joint where my tie was cut off, we went to see a top shelf Texas band and it was during the Urban Cowboy days and after getting my butt kicked by that mechanical bull, there was a wet t shirt contest and a bunch of large haired women got hosed down and I was Eddie Haskelling big time, Chef Deb, with lines like "You looked as though you just walked out the runway." And they would reply like June, "Cut the crap."
TT~I'm still stuck on Tejas today too...what do you want to bet there was some tequila involved in the creation of todays topic photo?
Andy~It's "badass" (as my young adults would say) that you grabbed the bull by the horns and went ahead and got the tat! I can't imagine that you will regret it. I have 2, but the only one visible covers a scar on my calf. I could let myself regret it, but I just choose not to. I earned the scar in either form.
Hazel~we must be cut from the same cloth. I am glad that the farmers and ranchers cabbaged on to the idea of tees. In this line of work, we need clothing that is either extremely durable (like JP's) or disposable.
Tequila... Great drink and is it not the catchiest little dance song. I loved watching Pee Wee Herman dancing to it.
This day is almost over and I am almost free, muwahahahahahah! Sorry, it has been a loooong week and I am brain fried. Time to go home and change into jeans and a tshirt and get going on all the messy weekend chores that are waiting. Have a good weekend.
Something Goofy with the Format .......
Optinc out till it is fized......
Alas! Send Ivan four mats immediately, but make sure there are no moslems on them.
A relaxing, refreshing weekend to you all. May your God go with you.
Is opting out an option? No telling when the fix will be in. We oughta send Kentucky Curmudgeon over to the village gate to see if he can straighten things out. I have a hunch that those two boys up top with the uke and the maracas are the new tech guy. That would explain a good bit, a good bit indeed.
Gray goose - mine did the trick.....instead of just feeling older than dirt I felt older than dirt with a tattoo. I don't regret it, but I don't think I'll get another. Got it out of my system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w This is my wish for all the precious villagers:}
I am amazed that no one mentioned a surf board, MGBGT, T-Bird, Triumph or Harley as their vehicle of self expression. Amazed I say, simply amazed.
paolos, you bad boy! Love the video. The Marx Brothers were the greatest, weren't they?
TT, when you wax lyrical you sweep me right off my feet!
korthal, he was young then! But, like good wine, he aged well! Good to see you in good form today!
Carol, you said it Sister Mine! I cannot stand to see the sloppy look of today. Why is it so important to look scruffy? Why not polished, when those everyone admires so ARE polished? It doesn't take tons of $$$$, just s good eye (or a good helper).
I'm late so I'll make this quick, Pooka ate solid food today...as in hard dog food! Amazing! Your support made all the difference...thanks my lovely ones!
I'll comment tomorrow when I have the time!
Oh, I understand the remembrance tats, and have a friend with a discrete owl on her right shoulder blade, but still am not a fan of tattooing. You are lucky the diseases, HIV, Hep, did not follow your needles, but they do for many. Likewise, it is best to keep the ink covered for the pleasure of only yourself and your family.
I know of a gal who is in her 40's -- just lost her job-- has a scenic tat all over her lower leg, and now will have to cover or makeup-mask it if she is going job hunting....Most employers have a mind set about tattoos, as I would if I were a boss. They used to be for sailors and tough bikers, and I wish they'd stayed there.
Mr. P's ladies' T shirts are quite smooth and lovely...especially with a shirt unbuttoned over them in colors. Not your thin, cheap, skinny white T at all.
Dane is the mecca of expression. Lyricisim can always be found in dance. Since the earliest times humankind has used dane to express joy (i.e., at a birth), grief (i.e., at death), hope (i.e., prior to a hunt), anger (i.e., prior to war) and so forth. This has been carried forward through the ages and cultures; from ballet to Tibetan to hula to Kabuki to Thai to Native American...even to Broadway. Nothing stirred my heart so as watching the lion king on Broadway. You forgot the people and the puppets and masks as they blended into one being---a being of great expression called dance. Even were there no words (and make no mistake, I'm thrilled that they did have those wonderful lyrics) you would know the story, as any good dance will show.
George Ballanchine, Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, Billy Kidd...all were great expressionists. They painted, they wrote, they sculpted, they acted, they composed...but most of all, they danced!
Make that Dance.
Make that the Lion King, with apologies to the Disney folks.