Cool T-Shirts - “Chill” Or Get “Chilled
In the context of t-shirts, the word “cool” has a figurative meaning and is as different as chalk and cheese from its literal sense. Though it is more widely used in college campuses than elsewhere, in describing an object that is exquisite or extremely desirable or out-of-the-world or even weird; it is still different from the other COOL that is used in the same campuses. “COOL” for “Classroom Object-Oriented Language”; this is definitely not “cool”.
The “cool” that we are talking about has an aesthetic nuance to it. And that t-shirt that has a suggestion of the aesthetic to it is the “cool t-shirt”. Artistic and/or visually appealing. Nothing to do with whether the apparel in question makes you feel cool, physically. Maybe it has its origins in the song “Daddy Cool” by Boney M. Just a thought. Wikipedia goes as far back as Aristotle.
Being “Cool” can also translate to being comfortable with one’s own style. Every one of us would always want to find out the best thing that really fits us, in line with our own craving for an unique individual lifestyle. However, we also want to send our own fashion statement to those people around us.
Exhibitionism is an inherent trait. Everyone wants to showoff in some way or the other. The bold and the beautiful do it with pomp and flair. For the not so bold and the not so beautiful, one comfortable way to do so would be to wear a cool t-shirt. One can, by diligent searching of the malls and the t-shirt stores, definitely stumble upon just that t-shirt that best expresses his individuality. It might come in any form, finding it is an art.
If you can’t find that cool t-shirt that articulates one’s uniqueness the next best bet for a really cool t-shirt would be a custom made t-shirt that would bring out the Ooohs! and the Aaahs! of those who look at it. It becomes a medium of your expression, something unique that your creative self has brought into the world. It could be a catchphrase, a simple but mind-boggling statement, a joke, a graphic; anything that can be printed on the front or the back of a t-shirt.
This would be also a way to exhibit one’s coolness. A statement like “I’m not totally useless, you can cite me as an example” speaks volumes. Nowadays, fashion is neither just about showing off the latest trend nor just about designer clothes and brands. A clothing designer who is really zealous about what he does would put his heart and soul into making certain that every t-shirt design he designs is really cool. He would also make sure that it speaks the message it carries with great force.
One way to put a good cool t-shirt to good use would be to gift it to a friend or relative. But care has to be taken to see that your idea of a cool statement or graphic or whatever that appears on the t-shirt that you intend to gift syncs with that of your friend, or else. A cool t-shirt reflecting the motto of a company in a unique way could be used as a corporate gift. The possibilities are endless and are just sitting there to be discovered.
Whatever be the case, a cool t-shirt can be an individual statement of opinion, fashion and everything else. Get yourself a cool t-shirt and get counted “in”. What is “in”? That’s another story by itself. Cool down, don’t get yourself worked up and hot.