By Liv AucklandYou probably have a drawer full of T-shirts. They’re comfy, easy to style, cheap and ubiquitous. But the T-shirt is anything but basic. For 70 years, they’ve been worn as a tool ...

The 28-year-old fished out a white T-shirt from a box of deadstock, grabbed some transfer paper, and within 15 minutes had made himself a shirt that read, “PROTECT THE DOLLS.” ...

Samir Hussein - Getty Images We first saw political slogan T-shirts gain steam in another tumultuous era, the late ’60s, notes Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at FIT.

We first saw political slogan T-shirts gain steam in another tumultuous era, the late ’60s, notes Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at FIT. The antiwar, civil rights, gay ...

And in 2025, the slogan t-shirt is as powerful as it has ever been. Previously worn as an undergarment, the t-shirt became outerwear after the Second World War.

Conner Ives’s “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt has become a sensation after the designer wore it during his runway show, with more than 2,500 orders received so far.

Perhaps the most recognised slogan featured the artwork from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1969 “War is Over” campaign, a T-shirt which is still being replicated today.