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Originally Posted by MadMan
In the 1950s and 60s, there were a lot of rebellious teenagers. What better way to rebel than by wearing clothes that were not the norm? In this case, a working man's clothes. T-shirts had a similar introduction to the public norm. They used to be undershirts, and kids started wearing them. Also navy sailors. Eventually they just became normal.
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I wonder if A-shirts (sometimes called "wifebeaters") predated T-shirt style undershirts. My grandfather was a sailor and I remember he always wore white T-shirts under his button up shirts.
My father never did, but I seem to have adopted it as a teenager.