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In this week's issue of Woman's World (it hit the stands Nov. 23, 2009, but it's really the Nov. 30, 2009 issue), I'm on page 34! I was quoted as a "food-product container expert" because of my other blog, Rare Bird Finds. Yay! Sick as I was, I found the will and a way to my local Ralph's to pick up an issue. Woo!
I Wikipedia practically everything, and I was recently curious as to what dear ole Wiki had to say about the T-shirt. In the 1800's, the T-shirt evolved from the one-piece underwear called the "union suit." The one-piece was cut in half, and the top part was long enough to tuck into pants. And the name of the T-shirt came because of its shape. Honestly, I'm so glad the T-shirt was invented otherwise half my wardrobe would be missing!
Many thanks to Marlon Brando for helping T-shirts, as Wiki puts it, achieve "status as fashionable, stand-alone, outer-wear garments." So, that's why there's a pic of Marlon on top - but also because he was super hot.
I've heard of people doing this in the past, but here's a success story of a 26-year-old guy who is a walking billboard for companies. He wears a T-shirt provided by the company and then uses social media tools - like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube - to promote the company. He made - get this! - $83,000 this year! Read more about it here. [Via Yahoo! News]
A teenager named Kalief Rollins from Carson, CA started a T-shirt business called Phree Kountry from his garage.The message of his T-shirts is to end gang violence. A few months ago, he entered his business plan to the National Young Entrepreneur Competition. 24,000 kids entered, and Kalief won! He got $10,000 and a trip to the White House to meet Obama. Of course, Obama kept the shirt that was his favorite - "Caution: Educated African American Male." [via CBS Evening News]
I ate ramen after I spent $32 on this Anna May Wong T-Shirt
The most I've ever paid for a T-shirt was $32 (yep, that's it up above), and there was a lot of debating on my part. from "Yikes, $32 for a T-shirt" to "It's so cool, buy it, you cheap bastard!" I bought it and have no regrets. Love the shirt.
I think I must live on some cheap universe where $32 seems like a lot for a T-shirt, because I stumbled upon a super cool T-shirt recently that I wanted to post on this blog, until I saw the price - $235. TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FLIPPIN' FIVE. It's made from jersey, not spun gold. I mean, seriously, what could possibly make a T-shirt cost that much? Did blind magical gnomes make them? So here is the cool shirt that I didn't want to post, but here it is anyway:
This VIKTOR & ROLF T-shirt is only a mere $235 and made by blind magical gnomes
$235 is insane money for a T-shirt...until I read this LAist article about The Hunt for LA's Most Expensive T-shirt. The article is a good read. I'm just in awe that someone out there will spend $1,850 for this plain black T-shirt by Armani. To be fair, it's made out of cashmere, but still.
But if you do want to blow a wad of cash you might as well let the world know you put out the big bucks. You can get "This is the Most Expensive T-Shirt I've Ever Bought" T-shirt for $242. Though that seems pretty steep for a joke. It would be better if it only cost $10 and you can say, "Yep, that's right, I'm a cheap bastard and proud of it!"
GQ tackled the question - should grown men wear graphic T-shirts or T-shirts with words? Uhm, I think so. Read what GQ has to say.
The photo of Hugh Laurie is not just gratuitous (although I do appreciate his sexy self in his graphic T-shirt), but he also comes up in the GQ piece.
Change is Good
