by Andre Mcreynolds of
www.suescrewprinting.com Chicago's Silkscreen
Queen
There have been many slang words and phrases that were often used in
decades past that people almost never use anymore. These words and catchy
sayings helped a population express their current situation and times and
implied the user was up-to-date in the current lingo of the day. Most of these
sayings once heard spread almost like wildfire from person to person. A new
word or catch phrase could be heard at school among students and within a week,
you would hear it echoing down the halls. But today we hardly hear these older
sayings any more. What happened?
As times change, the words that people
use to express themselves also change. The reason for this is because when a
slang word or phrase reaches its peak of social saturation, its popularity
begins to decline. But remember that the very spirit of the word or phrase
never really dies. It moves from decade to decade creating new adaptations of
the same old sentiments and causing people to react to them the same as they did
in the past.
Fashion and clothing are great reflectors of people’s moods.
When you wear a new, expensive outfit and look at yourself in the mirror, you
can see that you look good, and you’ll go out knowing that feeling good about
yourself. And just like the mirror, you’ll began to reflect that good feeling
and mood to others who notice you as you go throughout your day. If you look
real nice, people may even walk up to you and say "I love your outfit. Where
did you get it?". Now if you were to get a few responses like that, it could
send your good feelings over the top.
T-shirts are one of the best ways to
express one’s mood. Artwork and text can be added to T-shirts to personalize
them. Today there are many companies that sell vintage apparel and T-shirts
online. They are very easy to find on the Internet by typing in keywords such
as “vintage apparel”, “vintage T-shirts”, “60s T-shirts”, “70s T-shirts” or “80s
T-shirts” in one of the major search engines. The search engine will return a
great assortment of web sites to visit so you can look at some T-shirts with
sayings and pictures from years past. A lot of these old words and sayings you
may even have forgotten ever existed. Viewing these web sites can be a lot of
fun if you were around when these words and phrases were first heard. They may
even cause you to say "Hey I remember that! We used to say that when we were
kids!!".
If you are into vintage T-shirts and apparel, you will love these
web sites that cater to T-shirt memorabilia. A lot of them have T-shirts
reprinted from old TV shows, sayings, music bands, funny sayings, cartoons and
more. As you view the pages of these web sites, you may began to think “These
are T-shirts that I could order online. When my friends see them they will ask
where I got the T-shirts from?”. This is because your friends that are your age
can also remember the words and sayings of those times.
There are also some
resale shops that have old vintage T-shirts that you might find at certain
times, but almost all of the time will not be new. If you’re lucky, any T-shirt
you find at these shops usually come from people that had them stored in an
attic or basement for 30 or 40 years and they eventually gave them away and they
ended up at that shop where you found them.
But the best way to find vintage
T-shirts would most surely be online. By shopping online you have the greatest
chance of finding exactly the shirts or apparel that you are looking for. From
sayings of the past to words that people use to express themselves today, you
can find them all online now.
Along with all of the helpful information that
we at Sue's Crew Printing love to share with you, our most respected online
readers, we also would like to let you know that you can now find T-shirts with
slang and phrases from the 60s, 70s and 80s by going to
www.suescrewprinting.com />and clicking on ShopOnline and then on Time Series T-shirts.
You can also
read more informative and helpful editorials from Sue's Crew Printing such as
"How To Buy Printed T-Shirts On The Internet" or "Mistakes People Make When
Ordering T-Shirts Online" or “The Benefits of Ordering Printed T-Shirts During
Winter Months”.
More to come 
