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Relax, sit down with a cup of coffee, and think t-shirts!

Whenever I rise in the morning knowing I can get dressed in a relaxed manner, I most often select one of my favorite time-worn tees knowing that I will enjoy a comfortable, familiar fit. I tend to keep these familiar t-shirts until they literally tear and fall apart. Perhaps you have had a similar experience. So, after we decided to print and produce colorful and imaginative t-shirts, sweat shirts and such, I took a number of these home from our developing collection and placed them neatly in my t-shirt dresser drawer. A couple of days later, upon rising, I pulled out my dresser draw way too fast and out toppled my entire new collection of colorful t-shirts. I sighed, feeling clumsy, but then looked closely at the shirts strewn on the floor. I spread them out carefully, and admired them. And, just for a moment, as the sunlight from the window illuminated my patch of tees, I smiled and thought "Wow, T- Shirt Heaven!"
Of course what I was really realizing as I picked up my collection and returned them to the storage drawer was that I had a new batch of seemingly familiar garments to put on whenever I wanted that comfortable, relaxed feeling of wearing a soft well fitting tee.

That morning, arriving at work wearing one of my new tees freshly produced on one of our new garment printers, I had a big grin on my face and a big colorful design on my chest.
--
Stephen Suma, President, Arista Flag Corporation

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T-Shirt History: Big Facts and Little Facts	Information provided courtesy of B&R
Question: What is the origin of the pouch pocket that's so popular in today's fleece styles? Answer: It actually dates back to the 1800s when muffs became a fashionable accessory for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to keep their hands warm and conceal money and small treasures when traveling.	Question: Where did the American T-shirt originate? Answer: The "great American T-shirt" actually originated overseas when American soldiers in WW I took a lesson from their European counterparts and started wearing cooler, light-weight, cotton undershirts instead of their wool uniforms in the hot summer climates.
Question: Where did the word "jersey" in jersey knit come from? Answer: It is called that because it was first knitted in the Jersey and Guernsey Islands in the English Channel.	Question: Where does the word "khaki" come from? Answer: From the Hindu word meaning "dusty," which applied to the light brown cotton of the Indian army uniforms. Troops in 1850’s India found their white uniforms would be dusty within hours and began soaking them in mud to turn the same practical khaki color.

Corporate Casual Statistics

Casual Fridays and Dress Down Days
In order to compete in the employment marketplace, employers in the 90s searched for creative options to attract new employees and retain present ones.

So, what happened?
Wearables shot to the #1 category in Promotional Products, up 3 points from 24% to 27% in one year.

Why did this happen?
- 90% of all US companies have casual day of some kind
- 1/3 of all companies allow casual clothing every day
- More than 40% of all companies have expanded their casual dress options in the last three years

Casual-wear Business-wear Human Resources Survey
- 87% - improves morale
- 81% - perceived by employees as a benefit
- 51% - employees save money because of casual dress
- 47% - improves productivity

Given the chance, 96% of employees take advantage of dressing casual.

What employees said
- 81% - improves morale
- 57% - I'm judged now more on my performance than appearance
- 57% - better camaraderie with managers and co-workers
- 51% - do best work when casually dressed
- 43% - boss is more approachable

46% reported that if they were offered two equal positions, the employer who offered casual days every day would get preference.

Information provided courtesy of B&R

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