The T-shirt was 1st worn by the US Navy that is, however other historians say it was The "swabs" in the British Royal Navy who wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army. American soldiers liked the comfortable lightweight cotton undershirt compared to the wool uniforms American soldiers wore and the rest is history.
http://www.zoozoo2.com/t-shirt-history.html
Up until the 1950’s, t-shirts were still considered underwear, until John Wayne, Marlon Brando, and James Dean shocked Americans by wearing their “underwear” on T.V. In 1955, James Dean helped make the T-shirt a standard item of clothing in Rebel Without a Cause.
Advances in Screenprinting gave people the opportunity to print on T-shirts in the 1960’s. Tye dying also become popular in addition to other forms of the t-shirt, such as tank tops and muscle shirts. In the late 60's and 70's, people began to realize that printing on t-shirts could be a good business. Rock and Roll bands and professional athletic teams started to make huge profits selling custom screen printed t-shirts.
Such as the rolling stones have a wide range of t-shirts with their logo
http://www.t-shirt-buyers-guide.org/custom_t-shirts/t-shirt_history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt
the t-shirt began life as a functional item of underwear designed not to be seen. In the early days it would have been considered offensive to reveal the shirt.
40's & 50's -
American colleges started printing their names and logos on tees; in the early days; normally using flock iron-on fonts.
60's -
Rock-and-roll bands were making and shirts which got massive. It was a lot bigger in the 70's how ever it started off in the 60's.
70's -
do-it-yourself T-shirts were made by using marker pens, tape, pins ad zips. The Sex Pistols and Clash fans were doing this.
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