White t-shirt: how to style it for spring How to style it taking inspiration from the celeb and the style of different historical moments

Considered a minimal and genderless must-have, the white t-shirt is a must-have piece in everyone's wardrobe. It entered the history of costume by establishing itself as an underwear item for men, but it soon became an iconic and transversal classic reinterpreted by designers from all over the world.

Already used in the Middle Ages - with long sleeves and made of woven cotton or linen - the t-shirt was basically a garment that provided hygienic protection to the skin and was worn under everyday clothing. In the nineteenth century, thanks to new technologies that facilitated mass production and the use of fabrics such as jersey and wool, it became even more popular as a method of preventing colds and diseases, so much so that the British Royal Navy began to make it. wear to his sailors under the uniform. Subsequently, the United States Navy also began to include in its uniform - as official underwear - a white shirt made first in flannel then in cotton and soon, in the twentieth century, the use of the t-shirt began to spread not only in codes of military clothing, but also in workwear and sportswear.

In 1910, Fruit of the Loom began marketing t-shirts, helping to spread them in everyday use, and at the same time Hollywood began to present rebellious characters on the screen often wearing only a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt. From Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire with a very tight crewneck t-shirt to John Travolta in Grease who wore it under a leather nail, or even from James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause to Sean Penn in At Close Range, the t- white shirt became the symbol of rebellion even revealing a certain intrinsic sex appeal and soon moving into the women's wardrobe as well.