T-Shirts are Style Statements Today
- By Mcmillan .
- Published 02/1/2012
- Business
- Unrated
Nobody might have thought that clothes used as an undergarment during 19th century will evolve as a fashion statement in 21st century and will be called as t- shirt or tee. T- Shirts were used by miners and stevedores during 19 century as it was suitable and convenient for hot environment. But now T-Shirts have become a style statement for all age groups and for both men and women. It comes in different design pattern and colours and is a very comfortable garment.
A T-Shirt is a kind of shirt without buttons and collars, with short sleeves and usually with a round neck line. T-Shirts are made of cotton and some other fibres and are stitched as a jersey to give it a soft texture. Text and pictures are often used on T-Shirts to make it more vibrant and fashionable.
It has been named as T-Shirt after the shape of its garment outline. T-Shirts are easy to fit, easy to clean and inexpensive hence they became popular among new generation. They come in different shapes, colours and patterns. In 1960s ringer T-shirts were very popular among youths. Gradually many manufacturers used different methods to decorate T-shirts like plastisol ink and tie-dyeing. Plastisol brought a revolution in T-Shirt printing. Among different methods used for decorating the T-Shirts most popular is screen printing.
In screen T-Shirt printing, plastisol or water based inks are used with the help of mesh screens and then colours are applied on the design. Usually process printing or stimulated process is used in screen printing to decorate a T-Shirt. These processes widen the spectrum of colours when there are limited numbers of colours. Process printing gives
best result on light coloured T- Shirts whereas stimulated process gives best results on dark coloured T-shirts. Nowadays in place of water based inks many companies are using plastisol as it can be used on varieties of colours.
Specialty inks like shimmer, puff, discharge and chino based inks are also used in screen printing. Specialty inks are very expensive and are used in boutiques. T-Shirts dyed using different colours were very popular in UK during 1980s but its main demerit was that the dye used to go while washing or it used to dye other clothes too.
Apart from screen printing other methods which are used for decorating T-Shirts are airbrush, appliqué, embroidery, embossing, heat transfers or dye- sublimation transfers. With the help of laser printer, designs are printed on plain papers using special toner with sublimation dyes and then transferred on T-shirts through the heat-transferred process.
Nowadays, many websites have provided the opportunity to design and print our own T-Shirts online. This is known as Direct to garment or DTG printing. Previously DTG was not successful as it did not work on dark colours but now with the help of print manufacturers like T-jet even dark colour T-Shirts can also be printed with wide range of colour options.
Nowadays, T-Shirts have become a popular tool for advertising, promoting products, companies, films and websites.
To know more about T-Shirts please browse T-Shirts And T-Shirt. You can also browse T-Shirt Printing .
A T-Shirt is a kind of shirt without buttons and collars, with short sleeves and usually with a round neck line. T-Shirts are made of cotton and some other fibres and are stitched as a jersey to give it a soft texture. Text and pictures are often used on T-Shirts to make it more vibrant and fashionable.
It has been named as T-Shirt after the shape of its garment outline. T-Shirts are easy to fit, easy to clean and inexpensive hence they became popular among new generation. They come in different shapes, colours and patterns. In 1960s ringer T-shirts were very popular among youths. Gradually many manufacturers used different methods to decorate T-shirts like plastisol ink and tie-dyeing. Plastisol brought a revolution in T-Shirt printing. Among different methods used for decorating the T-Shirts most popular is screen printing.
In screen T-Shirt printing, plastisol or water based inks are used with the help of mesh screens and then colours are applied on the design. Usually process printing or stimulated process is used in screen printing to decorate a T-Shirt. These processes widen the spectrum of colours when there are limited numbers of colours. Process printing gives
Specialty inks like shimmer, puff, discharge and chino based inks are also used in screen printing. Specialty inks are very expensive and are used in boutiques. T-Shirts dyed using different colours were very popular in UK during 1980s but its main demerit was that the dye used to go while washing or it used to dye other clothes too.
Apart from screen printing other methods which are used for decorating T-Shirts are airbrush, appliqué, embroidery, embossing, heat transfers or dye- sublimation transfers. With the help of laser printer, designs are printed on plain papers using special toner with sublimation dyes and then transferred on T-shirts through the heat-transferred process.
Nowadays, many websites have provided the opportunity to design and print our own T-Shirts online. This is known as Direct to garment or DTG printing. Previously DTG was not successful as it did not work on dark colours but now with the help of print manufacturers like T-jet even dark colour T-Shirts can also be printed with wide range of colour options.
Nowadays, T-Shirts have become a popular tool for advertising, promoting products, companies, films and websites.
To know more about T-Shirts please browse T-Shirts And T-Shirt. You can also browse T-Shirt Printing .