Printed T-shirt
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A Printed T-shirt is a T-shirt
bearing a design, image or lettering on it. Various types of printed T-shirts exist.
A concert T-shirt is a T-shirt
that is associated with a concert
or a concert tour, usually rock or metal. Band
s and musical groups often promote themselves by creating and selling or giving away T-shirts at their shows, tours, and events. A concert T-shirt typically contains silk screened
graphics of the name, logo, or image of a musical performer. One popular graphic on the rear of the T-shirts is a listing of information about the band's current tour, including tour cities (sometimes specifying venue
s) and corresponding dates.
One of the most popular colors for concert T-shirts is a flat black
. Fans purchase or obtain these shirts to wear to future concerts, often with jeans, dark colored trousers
or skirts. Fans may wear the shirt of one band to a concert of another to show their taste in a particular type of music or loyalty to another band or type of music.
(or souvenir T-shirt) is a shirt associated with travel
or a holiday
. In recent years T-shirts have become a popular gift
or souvenir
no matter which country
or city
the person has gone to.
Tourist T-shirt designs are typically screen printed with pictures and words directly associated with a particular city
, country
or culture
. The T-shirts express or show something about the place or places a person has been. Tourist T-shirts are usually an inexpensive souvenir or piece of clothing
thus the reason for becoming a popular shopping item during overseas travel.
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
bearing a design, image or lettering on it. Various types of printed T-shirts exist.
Concert T-shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
that is associated with a concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
or a concert tour, usually rock or metal. Band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
s and musical groups often promote themselves by creating and selling or giving away T-shirts at their shows, tours, and events. A concert T-shirt typically contains silk screened
Screen-printing
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...
graphics of the name, logo, or image of a musical performer. One popular graphic on the rear of the T-shirts is a listing of information about the band's current tour, including tour cities (sometimes specifying venue
Music venue
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
s) and corresponding dates.
One of the most popular colors for concert T-shirts is a flat black
Black
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
. Fans purchase or obtain these shirts to wear to future concerts, often with jeans, dark colored trousers
Trousers
Trousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately...
or skirts. Fans may wear the shirt of one band to a concert of another to show their taste in a particular type of music or loyalty to another band or type of music.
Tourist T-Shirt
A tourist T-shirtT-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
(or souvenir T-shirt) is a shirt associated with travel
Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
or a holiday
Holiday
A Holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals, a government, or a religious group have deemed that observance is warranted. It is generally an official or unofficial observance of religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations...
. In recent years T-shirts have become a popular gift
Gift
A gift or a present is the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of reciprocity, a gift is meant to be free. In many human societies, the act of mutually exchanging money, goods, etc. may contribute to...
or souvenir
Souvenir
A souvenir , memento, keepsake or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. The term souvenir brings to mind the mass-produced kitsch that is the main commodity of souvenir and gift shops in many tourist traps around the world...
no matter which country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
or city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
the person has gone to.
Tourist T-shirt designs are typically screen printed with pictures and words directly associated with a particular city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
, country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
or culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
. The T-shirts express or show something about the place or places a person has been. Tourist T-shirts are usually an inexpensive souvenir or piece of clothing
Clothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
thus the reason for becoming a popular shopping item during overseas travel.
Course T-Shirt
A Course T-shirt is a printed T-shirt with a military unit's insignia on it, printed up as a souvenir of attending and/or graduating a course of instruction. Printed shirts bearing unit insignia (only) date back to at least the Second World War. Course t-shirts were in the news internationally after Israeli soldiers were discovered to be wearing t-shirts with anti-Palestinian cartoons on them. In particular, one version showed a pregnant woman in the sights of a sniper rifle, with the slogan "one shot, two kills." The Israeli military confirmed that the shirts were used to "mark the end of basic training and other military courses." Another design depicted a Palestinian child and had the slogan "The smaller they are, the harder it is."Art T-Shirt
Several contemporary artists use T-shirt as a canvas for their work. Art T-shirts can also be mass-produced with screen printing. Famous artists to have released T-shirts are Keith Haring, Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst and KAWS.External links
- James, John M.,"Pixies once again dust the music scene" Cincinnati CityBeat (Cincinnati, OH), 21 April 2004
- Overman, Ogi, "So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star..." Yes Weekly (Greensboro, NC), 2006
- Cronin, Steven V. "Rolling Stones start ’em up at Boardwalk Hall in A.C." Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ), 2006
- Creative Kids T-shirt - "Kaos Anak" - Smart 'n funny clothes