Tshirts

I'm not sure which caught my attention first. Was It the many ways fabric can stretch, or the many shapes a size 0 can encase?

(When were tee shirts abbreviated to Tshirts, and why are they named that?) I marvel at the fabric technology displayed on thousands. I'm not even sure if the marvel is the fabric itself, or the people who display the contours under the Tshirts.

Tshirts: They've come a long way. Back when they were undershirts, they were relegated to under shirts for men, or the slobs who sat in front of a television, never bothering to dress. Oh, yes! They were also used by sweaty athletes, too. Then the advertisers began displaying their names across the fronts of the undershirts. This way, whoever looked at the athletes doing something or slobs doing nothing could see the brand names. Or maybe when the slob would happen to look in the mirror he may take the hint and rush to purchase whatever item was advertised on his undershirt. I thought it a clever way to advertise and make a bundle in the process: entice people to want to pay for the privilege of advertising a company.

Undershirts became Tshirts and are now, of course, ubiquitous. They've grown from plain, knitted cotton to fabulous silky textures. Walking on the streets, shopping in the malls, seated in theatre chairs and, of course, bouncing on the tennis courts, it's a challenge to not find many (Tshirts) in a group. I guess they're supposed to look good, but something blinds my understanding.

The better ones (fitted Tshirts & their wearers) cover the layer of minuscule or rippled muscle sandwiched between fake-tanned skin and knobby bones. Not a gram of fat mounds as high as the pimples under the stretchy fabric. The wearers are typically poured into frayed, worn jeans which, I guess, make a stunning outfit. Or, they wear almost nothing on the bottom. The whole ultra-skinny or ultra-muscled shows his/her goods to all.

Everyone, it seems, wears Tshirts. Perky nipples on silicone-stuffed mounds distinguish the women from the males and little girls, so I guess they (the Tshirts) could be some sort of mating announcement.

What I really fail to grasp is the reason some people wear the wonder-fabric. I'm referring, in particular, to women (and men, too, so I guess I refer to "people") whose body rolls are larger than their breast rolls.

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