What Makes us Want to Wear T-Shirts?

Published: Nov. 20, 2015, 8:45 p.m.

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They\\u2019re something you probably see every day\\u2026 maybe hundreds of them, thousands. Plain ones, coloured ones, funny ones. Often they\\u2019re promotional, sometimes provocative. They\\u2019re so common that they\\u2019re very easy to ignore.

From the catwalk to the building site and everywhere in between, these simple garments can be tools of the rebel, the protestor, the campaigner, the corporate marketeer. They are strangely powerful things\\u2026 but with humble origins.

Produced by Bob Howard

(Photo: Man wearing a T-Shirt with President Vladimir Putin crossed out in red at a protest in Barcelona. Credit: Getty Images)

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