In the shift to casual clothes during the pandemic many of us have been hanging out in our favorite t-shirts. Maybe you’re wearing one now. And it probably says something about you.
Our closets are full of t-shirts connected to schools, past vacations and sports teams. Maybe you still have that ratty old tee from the first concert you attended. Some t-shirts drift into our lives from charity and corporate events. Others we carefully choose because a graphic or silk-screened slogan perfectly captures a bit of our life philosophy.
How did what was once a men’s undergarment become a blank canvas to express our identity and affiliations, and for advertisers to use as walking billboards?
Coming up at 9 a.m. Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a fashion professor and head of a local t-shirt screen printer about the history, appeal and production of the humble t-shirt.
And we want to hear from you: Do you have a favorite t-shirt? Tell us the story behind it. Call us at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour. Or you can tweet a picture of yourself in your favorite tee @AngelaDavisMPR.
Guests:
Jacque Lee is CEO of Silva Screenprinting, which prints about 25,000 t-shirts every day at its facility in Northeast Minneapolis.
Anupama Pasricha is a professor and department chair of fashion design and merchandising at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul.
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