The Cotton Club

You can have interesting buys on cotton clothing available on sale at
http://www.healthy-house.co.uk/products/cotton_clothing_for_eczema.php

Save 20% on Mitten Pyjama X07 – colored, while stocks last. Made from 100% organic or Oeko tex cotton, the product is washable at high temperature. This helps removal of oils and creams. Seams are flat to prevent chafing. The mitten, wrist, inner elbow, back of knee, and ankle have double layer protection. Size 80 cm Mitten Pyjama blue, and Farmyard are priced at £24.00 each.

Save 20% while stocks last on Children’s tights. Available in 100% cotton Oeko-tex, in red, white, and navy colors that are washable at 60°C, 90 cm size is available at £2.80.

To protect and provide comfort to sore hands, available on sale unbleached and undyed loomstate cotton adults and children knitted cotton gloves without seams except on finger tips. Children’s knitted gloves – small 5 pairs (£7.95), medium 5 pairs (£7.95), large 5 pairs (£7.95), Adults knitted gloves small/medium 5 pairs (£8.95), large 5 pairs (£8.95).

Save 20% on soft organic flat seams cotton mitten t-shirt X09, which is good for mild or moderate eczema with inbuilt mittens. Natural mitten t-shirt 100 cm (£12.00), blue mitten t-shirt 100 cm (£12.00) and natural mitten t-shirt 110 cm (£12.00)

Save 20% on Pajama leggings X04/X14 while stocks last. Made from soft organic cotton with flat seams makes it good for mild to moderate eczema. Double layers at feet, ankles, and knee areas. Natural pajama leggings sale price £16.00 for 90 cm size.

Save 20% on mitten pajama X05 while stocks last. Made from soft organic cotton with flat seams makes it good for mild to moderate eczema. Double layers at feet, ankles, and knee areas. Sale price £28.00 for 100 cm size.

Soft and absorbent organic towels, washable at 60°C, available in three sizes. Hand towel natural 50 x 100 cm (£7.25), shower towel natural 70 x 140 cm (£12.50), bath towel natural 100 x 180 cm (£20.40), hand towel blue, red 50 x 100 cm (£7.95), shower towel blue, red 70 x 140 cm (£13.25), bath towel red, blue 100 x 180 cm (£21.25).

The tennis shirt, a t-shaped shirt with a collar, was originally made from cotton fiber. With changing times, trends, and fashions, the tennis shirt is now created from different man-made fibers as well. A typical cotton tennis shirt has a small slit below the collar with two or three buttons, slits on either side at the bottom and a pocket (optional). A cotton tennis shirt is usually made from pique cotton or twilled cotton.

The tennis shirt originated in the twentieth century, when Rene Lacoste, a seven-time tennis Grand Slam winner, thought of bringing changes in tennis apparel. In those days tennis players wore starched long sleeved shirts, pants and ties. This attire, without a doubt, restricted the players’ movements considerably. The discomfort that he and other tennis players faced during his playing days led Lacoste to start his line of Lacoste tennis shirts. The original design comprised a loose non-starched pique cotton shirt with side slits at the bottom, and a collar. The shirt-tail at the back was generally longer, known as “tennis tail”. The collar was thicker than the shirt, so that it could be upturned to protect the neck from the sun.

The present day tennis shirt may have undergone many changes in style, but the originality of the Lacoste design has always been in fashion. Not only is the original style worn by sportsperson, but people of both sexes wear it as a casual wear too. It also forms part of the uniform of certain commercial establishments, where formal attire is not required. The Lacoste style cotton tennis shirts can be seen on employees running supermarkets with company logos printed on them.

The cotton tennis shirt is also worn by sportspersons from different disciplines. Polo is a sport that has adopted the tennis shirt. Golf caddies and retired sportspersons still prefer wearing this comfortable wear. Junior government officials in China wear the tennis shirt as standard business wear. Many schools around the globe have the tennis shirt as part of the school children’s uniform.

The cotton tennis shirt is an evergreen apparel that has continued to rock generations in the past, and will continue its run of popularity among the future generations.

The good old cotton t-shirt had a very humble beginning as part of people’s underwear. World War – I saw European soldiers wearing t-shirts under their uniform. The comfort of cotton t-shirts was recognized by the US Army and these ordinary looking undergarments soon became part of the soldiers’ uniform, and were supplied as standard uniform by World War II.

T-shirts were popularized in real terms by Hollywood movies “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and “Rebel Without a Cause”, where the protagonists Marlon Brando and James Dean contributed greatly to projecting the humble t-shirt as a fashion garment.  T-shirts with denim jeans soon became a craze with the young generation in the 1950s.

The 1960s saw young people merging with many sub-cultures such as the Beatniks, Mods, Rockers and the Hippy movement. The tie-and-dye t-shirts from the Hippy era in the late 1960s soon became endearingly popular. This t-shirt came to represent the psychedelic colors of that era. The hyperactivity in the fashion scene during those times saw t-shirt styles like the ringer, v-neck, muscle and tank-t-shirt emerge. Soon t-shirts with slogans started appearing with the advent of the screen printing technology.

The t-shirt had marched on from the 1960s into the 1970s with rock music having a great influence over its design. Black t-shirts with logos of rock bands ACDC, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd were quite visible. Branded t-shirts too made their appearance with Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok and other large corporate houses making their presence felt. The blank t-shirt, all white, made an appearance as an ode to Marlon Brando and James Dean. Thereafter, Star War t-shirts could be seen everywhere, so smitten were the teens by the sci fi. Guys out of their teens preferred the disco variety catering to the “Saturday Night Fever” craze.

The mid 1980s saw the Japanese entering the t-shirt market with their own designs, while Armani had t-shirts being worn under suit jackets. The 1990s still had interest in the good old t-shirt going. Long sleeve Skater t-shirts had people interested in the apparel, while hyper-color heat-fading t-shirts were also popular. Hip Hop music saw the emergence of a new genre of music and along with it t-shirt wearing young people.

The humble-t-shirt will continue to have its say in the 21st century too. The younger generation has always adopted and embraced the cotton t-shirt, and its march from one generation to the next is assured, so long as humanity survives.

What most of us fashion conscious people try to achieve is being different. You would certainly like to stand out in a crowd. Being noticeable is why you go to the extent to which you go to appear fashionable. Vintage t-shirts have caught the imagination of many young and not so young people.  Probably getting bored of the usual t-shirt, the concept of wearing a vintage t-shirt made its appearance on the fashion scene.

If you would like to know what a vintage t-shirt is, it is hard to define one. Basically, you would consider a t-shirt vintage, if it forms part of your old clothing that you may have discarded long back. For that matter, clothes belonging to the previous decade and older could be categorized as vintage. Older clothes could mark you out among your friends. It could spell out your individuality. Wearing a t-shirt belonging to a different era in an informal party, can catapult you to cult status. You could be a trend setter with people enquiring from you if you have more such t-shirts.

A noticeable thing about vintage t-shirts is that they were insignificant during their time, only to gain in importance once they were stamped as vintage. There are many styles that can be made from old t-shirts. Depending on the occasion, you could wear a funny vintage t-shirt, vintage rock t-shirt, vintage band t-shirt, vintage sports t-shirt, and many more.

If you are not interested in wearing those hand-me-downs, there are vintage style t-shirts available that are vintage in appearance. Manufacturers use old or retro prints to make t-shirts look old. Vintage concert t-shirts, vintage music t-shirts and the like vintage styles do not matter much when you compare them with the original vintage t-shirt. They too seem old and worn out and give a real vintage t-shirt look.