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When white T-shirts counted as underwear

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Wearing one in public used to be the equivalent of walking around in your boxers. The short-sleeved cotton top was strictly designed to absorb sweat and protect outer layers of clothing, and exposing it to polite society was considered horribly vulgar.

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