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f you want to know what somebody is all
about, it might be as easy as looking at
their T-shirt. These days, T-shirts are full
of creative, colorful, and often political
2slogans. But this wasn
t always the case3.
So, how did T-shirts become one of the best
ways to let the world know what
s on yourmind?
In the UK, the origin of the political
statement T-shirt goes back to 1984. At a
reception
źin London, fashion designer
Katharine Hamnett met with British Prime
Minister
źMargaret Thatcher. Hamnett
unzipped
źher jacket and revealed the
words
“
58% Don
t Want Pershing,”
ananti-nuclear
źslogan.
For the US, political T-shirts go
back even further. In the election
of 1948, kids appeared wearing
shirts that said
“
Do It With Dewey,”
a statement of support for one of the
candidates
4. By the 1970s, all kinds
of political statements were appearing
on shirts, such as
“
I
m a Democratź,
Don
t BugźMe,
”
a reference5to the
Watergate Scandal
6. Fast-forward
7to
modern times and you can see slogans
like “Make America Great Again” or “This
Is What A Feminist
źLooks Like
”
on shirtsfrom coast to coast
8.
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