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Forward to the Past - Retro T-Shirts

By: Kathy Austin


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The t-shirt began its journey in the world of fashion, in 1901, as a humble underwear and, aided by the helping hand of the US Navy and the icons of the tinsel world, is now ruling the roost of haut couture in every nook and corner of the world. There is no field which has not found the t-shirt as a medium of expression.

In the span of over a century, the t-shirt has touched everybody and everything in every conceivable way and has kindled every kind of emotion known to the human mind. Thought provoking expressions splashed across it have made people stop and ponder, jokes have had them doubled up with laughter, mild to extreme ridicule of practically any subject, person or walk of life has been the order of the day and some have been downright rude and offensive that just reading them might have made a decent person gargle in disgust.

In the fifty years since it became a popular item of wear, the t-shirt has been used in umpteen number of ways, leaving its mark on just about any subject under the sun. It is a media of expression of practically everything that you can think of and some more. Touching every possible human emotion, it has endeared it self in such a way that it is a national phenomenon. From infants to seniors every one sports them. It has evoked good healthy laughter, raised serious issues, made people smirk, ridiculed just about any topic and has also been blatantly nasty.

Fashion, inexorably, has to travel in circles; that is they revert back to an older style. Something like going forward to the past. Trends in dress design appear, fade away and make a recovery. They necessarily have to. The reasons are many. In the case of t-shirts, the jokes, messages, catchphrases, pictures that appeared on them become irrelevant as times change.

This is where "Retro T-Shirts" come in. These refer to older and exclusive designs that may or may not be still in use. Just like retro shoes and retro dresses of the 50s and 60s are making a come back, so are retro t-shirts that hark back to those former times and reproduce those unique messages, graphics or designs. These t-shirts recreate the magic of those days. The t-shirts of the era of the rock and roll symbol, Elvis Presley are just an example.

These t-shirts imitate those designs that were once popular. There might just be a saying or message or joke or some picture that might find relevance to the present. For a person with a penchant for oldies songs, a t-shirt with just the lyrics of some long lost favorite printed on it could bring out the "Agony and the Ecstasy" of that era. This is more so for the elderly, for whom a retro t-shirt could make a wonderful gift, a souvenir.

Reprints of music groups and films of a bygone era can make one nostalgic. Every t-shirt that you have probably has a story behind it. It could have been a gift from some loved one, perhaps purchased during a vacation or some such notable event. Related events such as festivals, games etc. increases the demand for these t-shirts.

Retro t-shirts can now be picked up off the shelf or if there is a picture, joke or slogan from those earlier days that pertains to these times or could make a pertinent statement on some current issue, and if one feels that it should be brought into the open, then the Internet is there to get a customized one made. Think about it, perhaps you might have something that will blaze a trial through the skies.

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Kathy Austin is a writer for an online gallery. Red Bubble enables you to retro t-shirts, and graphic tees and more.



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