To a T

 The T-shirt is the most basic as well as one of the most widely-owned clothing items. A recent poll in America revealed the following about this much-loved basic:
- 91% of respondents admit to owning a favourite T.
- 34% say white is the colour of their favourite T-shirt, nearly double the votes received for blue and black, respectively at second and third place.
- 62% claim to own more than ten T-shirts amounting to 1.5 billion T’s or a line-up that could circle the globe 34 times.
- Gender preference indicates that 70% of men and 54% of women have more than 10 T-shirts.
- 79% of 18-24 year olds have more than 10 T-shirts with 19% of this group owning more than 30.
- The number one reason for the love affair with the T – comfort.
 
 
What’s hot about the knot

- The neck tie originated from a silk scarf traditionally worn by Croatian soldiers which, in time,
  become known as a cravate.
- The English developed neckwear thick enough to cushion a sword thrust.
- At one point in history, merely touching a man’s tie knot was a cause for a duel.
- British ties usually had stripes running from top left to bottom right while the stripes on American ties
  have always run from top right to bottom left.
- Shih Huang Ti, the first Chinese emperor wore a tie as long ago as 210 B.C.
- Americans spend more than $1 billion every year on buying a staggering 100 million ties.
- A good quality silk tie requires approximately 110 silkworm cocoons.
- The city of Shengzhou in China is among the world’s biggest tie producers with about
  200 million ties being made every year.
- It is possible to buy a bulletproof tie that can even stop a 9mm bullet.
- A person who collects ties is known as Grabatologist.
- The neck tie constitutes the most popular father’s day gift around the world.
- The Bola tie is the official tie of Arizona, USA.
- Al Pacino won the Tony Award for the best supporting actor in the play “Does a tiger wear a necktie”?
- The American tie industry slumped by 10% in 2002 due to the popularity of “dress down days”.

Thanks, SSAFW