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The T-shirt was originally considered underwear until the mid-20th century. Now it’s the uniform of billionaires.

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T-shirts began as undergarments in the late 19th/early 20th century, then moved into outerwear status mid-century. Pop culture moments in the 1950s accelerated the shift toward everyday street wear.

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