At the beginning of the 20th century, soldiers wore T-shirts as undergarments.

On screen, James Dean and Marlon Brando turned them into an icon of rebellion. Whether worn as underwear or outerwear, the T-shirt is the ultimate embodiment of the ultra-ordinary. With its absolute simplicity - just a hole for the head and two for the arms, a crossing of horizontal and vertical lines - it becomes a second skin that transcends fashion, sometimes carrying powerful messages. It escapes the ephemeral to become timeless, genderless, ageless, stateless, and truly universal.

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