The Land of Liberty is also the land responsible for the modern t-shirt. The most universal outerwear item worldwide, the t-shirt took shape in the 19th century when makers deviated from Long John button-downs that were worn head-to-toe under working men’s clothes and created pullover long-sleeve undershirts that stopped at the waist.
Flash forward to 1904 and game-changer Cooper Underwear Company released the “bachelor shirts,” short-sleeve undershirts needing no tailoring and advertised to withstand tough conditions because the single cut fabric needed no buttons. A year later, the U.S. Navy officially adopted the design into its uniform, and a few years after, the U.S. Army followed. By the 1930s the t-shirt moved from undershirt to become the everyday outerwear staple for men. Pay homage to the birthplace of the t-shirt with this super-soft one, featuring more than a 150 years of innovation.
