by Kathy Austin

The increasing fame of the T-shirts from its simple beginning has always been quite established on records. One may come across simple T-shirts which have prints on both the front and the backsides in addition to the different forms of T-shirts like the period shirts, fancy and trendy shirts, surfing T-shirts, funky and comic T-shirts among others.

T-shirts with funny and comical messages have always entertained people with a light dose of humor and made people grin and brought laughter on their faces. Some were recollected whereas others just faded from the memory. These T-shirts not only had funny messages but also played pranks on almost everything without been offensive.

It seems that somebody who was certain that things that lacked taste were in vogue, decided to come up with all weird stuff written on these T-shirts right from things that lacked utter sense to frenzied messages that could be found on them. Besides, the use of the 4-letter word was no longer seen as rude and it turned into a style statement. This is how crazy T-shirts became a big fad. And the kind of statements that one can find on them like ” Bad Samaritans” hardly make any sense as it is used with reference to good things.

These t-shirts became such a craze that if you went to a t-shirt store, the variety of them on display. It ranged from the mildly crazy to the downright mad, sometimes leaves one stunned with the knowledge that fashion is in fact, in the eyes of the beholder and just about anything can become a fashion statement and it is not just the “haute couture” that can do so.

Why did these t-shirts become so popular? Is it because, like Coco Chanel, the famous French designer said: “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Because, undoubtedly, this type of t-shirt is an expression of someone thinking out aloud. Not just thinking aloud, the designer is making a proclamation in this case. It is creativity of its own kind, though some may dismiss it as the product of a convoluted mind. But creativity requires a bit of convoluted thinking also.

Still the crazy T-shirts shall remain amidst us and it won’t be astonishing to find everyone owning at least a single one, of the slightly crazy kind. Apparently, though clandestinely one may want to wear a louder one but may be scared of hurting other’s sentiments.

Gifting t-shirts is one of the simplest way of displaying your feelings for your friend or a relative and even a familiar acquaintance. It is pretty simple to gift them a trendy, period or funky T-shirts. Undoubtedly, crazy T-shirts make wonderful gifts for friends and relatives who know you well and may not be that ideal for acquaintances. The sober ones may be more appropriate than the ones that make a loud statement.

Now, if you begin to sense that buying a crazy T-shirt and wearing is quite substandard, substandard in the sense that they are an image of someone else’s loud expression, then all you need to do is to express yourself aloud and come up with something that is absurd. There is no scarcity of subjects on this God-forsaken planet. Just come with a really crazy one and search on the internet and get it done. Wear it and make a loud statement.

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