A T-shirt, t-shirt or simply tee is a piece of clothing made of fabric, without buttons and without a collar, that covers the wearer's torso.
It can be made with long or short sleeves, in natural fabrics such as cotton, or in synthetic fibres. There are plain or multi-coloured patterned shirts.
The first examples of t-shirt-like garments did not become widespread until the 18th century, as undergarments, and from the 19th century as workwear, due to their comfort and lack of a collar, a distinctive element of elegance. Nineteenth-century sailors wore a variant very close to the