Effects of Promotional Polo Shirts

Shirt ... In the seventeenth century men's shirts were allowed to show, with much the same erotic import as visible underwear today... Eighteenth century costume historian Joseph Strutt believed that men who did not wear shirts to bed were indecent... In the sixteenth century, men's shirts often had embroidery, and sometimes frills or lace at the neck and cuffs, and through the eighteenth century long neck frills, or jabots, were fashionable...

1300–1400 In Fashion ... From this century onwards Western fashion changes at a pace quite unknown to other civilizations, whether ancient or contemporary. In most other cultures only major political changes, such as the Muslim conquest of India, produced radical changes in clothing, and in China, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire fashion changed only slightly over periods of several centuries...

1600–1650 In Fashion ... The silhouette, which was essentially close to the body with tight sleeves and a low, pointed waist to around 1615, gradually softened and broadened. Sleeves became very full, and in the 1620s and 1630s were often paned or slashed to show the voluminous sleeves of the shirt or chemise beneath...

1550–1600 In Fashion ... General trends Spanish style When new colonies were formed in the 'New World', now known as America, it brought up new opportunities for new wealth and prosperity for Spain. This allowed the Spanish people to expand a number elements from their daily lives, especially fashion...

1400–1500 In Fashion ... As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century...

Men's Skirts ... Some long robes also resemble a skirt or dress, including the Middle Eastern and North African caftan and djellaba. Other similar garments worn by men around the world include the Greek and Balkan fustanella (a short flared cotton skirt), the Pacific lava-lava (similar to a sarong), some forms of Japanese hakama and the Bhutanese gho...

1500–1550 In Fashion ... Linen shirts and chemises or smocks had full sleeves and often full bodies, pleated or gathered closely at neck and wrist... German shirts and chemises were decorated with wide bands of gold trim at the neckline, which was uniformly low early in the period and grew higher by midcentury...

Clothing ... Physically, clothing serves many purposes; it can serve as protection from the elements, it can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects humans from rough surfaces by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment...

Undergarment ... Items commonly worn by both sexes include T-shirts, sleeveless shirts (also called singlets or tank tops), bikini underwear, thongs, and G-strings...