T-SHIRT STYLE associates/remote-buy-box/buy3._ The T-shirt evolved from undergarments, used in the 19th century. First, the one-piece union suit underwear was cut into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. With and without buttons, they were adopted by miner and stevedores during the late 19th century as a convenient covering for hot environments. As slip-on garments without buttons, the earliest T-shirt dates back to sometime between the 1898 Spanish American War and 1913, when the U.S. Navy began issuing them as undergarments. These were a crew-necked, short-...