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The Why Factor: What Makes us Want to Wear T-Shirts?

What Makes us Want to Wear T-Shirts?

20/11/2015 GMT

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Mike Williams asks why these simple garments are so appealing

From the catwalk to the building site and everywhere in between, these simple garments are strangely powerful things… but with humble origins.

They’re something you probably see every day… maybe hundreds of them, thousands. Plain ones, coloured ones, funny ones. Often they’re promotional, sometimes provocative. They’re so common that they’re 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… 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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