My T-Shirts
While I love to wear a tailored suit or jacket when I'm out and about, my uniform at home is a t-shirt and jeans.
The Great White T-Shirt
Is there anything simpler or more iconic, accessible and essential in a man’s wardrobe?
The white t-shirt was originally an undergarment with roots in the military. The white tee started to get traction as a legitimate outer garment with the help of some iconic cultural tentpoles in the middle of the twentieth century, most notably Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
A Nod to the T-Shirt
I was recently asked by a men’s magazine for my thoughts on what makes a perfect t-shirt. I immediately thought of Marlon Brando. What Brando did for the Schott Perfecto motorcycle jacket in The Wild One (1953) he had also done for the t-shirt in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).