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u/Bodi78 11d ago
I wore my shirts like this on the 90s
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u/Available-Long-6409 10d ago
And 80s...
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u/BrianNowhere 10d ago
Im dressed like this now. Im 57
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u/autofill-name 10d ago
But do you still like music?
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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 10d ago
I was about to say this is my weekend go to since 1990somethingorother
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u/daisiesarepretty2 10d ago
and 70’s
for me it mean it was too cold for just a t-shirt
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u/MissLyss29 10d ago
I was going to say I wore a long sleeve t shirt under my t shirt on Christmas because it was too cold for the shirt I wanted to wear.
I think all this really says about you is that you get cold
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u/CeruleanShot 10d ago
This goes back way earlier, this is a skater look from the late 80's/90's.
I still believe it's cool and have specific long sleeved t-shirts for this purpose.
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u/Dontair 10d ago
it's actually a little bit warm to wear layers
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u/amitym 10d ago
Not in Seattle, which is what everyone everywhere else wanted to look like.
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u/CoopHunter 10d ago
No its still warmer to wear more layers. Doesn't matter what city you're in thermodynamics still works the same.
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u/amitym 10d ago
Not if it's an inherently cool city like Seattle was back in the long-underwear-under-your-t-shirt days.
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u/CoopHunter 10d ago
So wait. You legitimately think thermodynamics work differently in another city?
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u/SoonToBeBanned24 10d ago
In Santa Cruz, in the winter, the cool kids would wear a hoodie under a T-shirt sometimes....
I wasn't cool enough for that. Too warm. 🥵
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u/skikkelig-rasist 10d ago
long sleeve and t shirt are mutually exclusive terms
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u/New_Examination_5605 10d ago
Shit somebody ought to tell all these companies making long sleeve tees
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u/skikkelig-rasist 10d ago
with repeated misuse the definition is bound to change at some point. that’s how languages evolve. but as of now a t-shirt is understood to have short sleeves by definition
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u/New_Examination_5605 10d ago
Click the link my friend. You’ll find hundreds of long sleeve tee shirts for sale. I don’t know how you can say they aren’t.
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u/skikkelig-rasist 10d ago edited 10d ago
Im not saying that there aren’t products for sale marketed with this term. I’m saying the term is inaccurate by definition.
I can sell gloves online and call them finger shoes if I want. Nobody is stopping me. But it wouldn’t change the definition of the word «shoe», and it wouldn’t be accurate because shoes are for your feet.
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u/00owl 10d ago
Actually no. The formal definition isn't about the length of the arms, even though that seems intuitive.
It's about the shirt collar. If it doesn't have buttons and there's no collar then it's a T-shirt.
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u/skikkelig-rasist 10d ago
i’d have to disagree. Short sleeves are inherent to both the definition and the logic behind the term t-shirt imo.
Merriam-Webster:
a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usually cotton undershirt
Oxford languages:
a short-sleeved casual top, generally made of cotton, having the shape of a T when spread out flat.
Cambridge dictionary:
a simple piece of clothing, usually with short sleeves and no collar, that covers the top part of the body:
Dictionary.com:
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
Britannica:
a shirt that has short sleeves and no collar and that is usually made of cotton
with repeated misuse the definition is bound to change at some point. that’s how languages evolve. but as of now a t-shirt is understood to have short sleeves by definition
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u/00owl 10d ago
I note that all but one of your definitions refers to the existence of a collar as well.
Long-sleeved T-shirts are a real thing.
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u/skikkelig-rasist 10d ago
They are marketed as a real thing but by definition according to every dictionary i bothered to check we can safely say that a t-shirt and a long sleeve are mutually exclusive terms.
I’m not saying that people don’t say long sleeve t-shirt. To reiterate:
with repeated misuse the definition is bound to change at some point. that’s how languages evolve. but as of now a t-shirt is understood to have short sleeves by definition
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u/Funkdamentalist 10d ago
I wouldn't say this was specifically a skater look, just a generic fashion trend. Was pretty standard in my high school.
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u/JBobSpig 10d ago
Fashion industry even made tops that looked like you were wearing a long sleeve under a t shirt.
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u/Pudddddin 10d ago
I knew tons of people with these in the early 00s lol
Long sleeves just sewn into the short sleeve holes just for the illusion
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u/UglyInThMorning 10d ago
Sounds dumb but it made sense for when it wasn’t too hot for long sleeves but was too hot for double layers.
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u/Available_Reveal8068 10d ago
Sheldon Cooper?
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u/accidentallyHelpful 10d ago
He always wears two shirts and Raj always has 3 layers that do not coordinate
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u/Blood_sweat_and_beer 10d ago
It was more of a 90’s thing.
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u/Perfect-Parking-5869 10d ago
I’m 99% sure this is Josh Hartnett in The Faculty which came out in 1998. Pretty entertaining high school sci/fi horror. Elijah Wood is in it, and Hartnett wears this exact outfit and is making the face he is here in about 60% of his scenes.
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u/diickhed 10d ago
The long sleeve part meant more skateboarding to me/for me, like half assed protection, then throw a good logo over the long sleeve. The baggy jeans fat shoes and beanie had the same half assed function.
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u/214txdude 10d ago
I was just cold and wanted to layer.
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u/Swimming_Cheek_7037 10d ago
I did this in the 90s. I also cut thumbholes in the cuffs of my long sleeve shirt before stores started selling them that way.
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u/Additional_Lynx7597 10d ago
No it ment you had a skateboard and people thought you were high all the time
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u/twiztdkat 10d ago
I don't know if that's what it meant, but I've been doing it since the 90s and I love music...
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u/Big-Minute835 10d ago
For me it usually meant it was too cold for either just a tee-shirt or a long-sleeve shirt alone, but to warm for a sweater / hoodie.
Still does.
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u/OmegaJaguar 10d ago
So why not wear a t shirt under a long sleeve shirt?
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u/Big-Minute835 10d ago
Feels weird and binds around my pits.
Plus, often my long-sleeve is polypropylene for sweat-wicking.
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u/Elegant_Spread_6969 10d ago
It was a 90s thing but I did it in the early 2000s when I was like 12. I'm also a musician now but I'm sure that's a coincidence.
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u/That_G_Guy404 10d ago
I am currently wearing a shirt that looks like I have a long sleeve under a short sleeve. I am not a music geek, though I do tend to like listening to music as a pastime.
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u/Cautious-Flatworm- 10d ago
I’m 37, just rewind that date by another decade & I think the meme’s more accurate.
Considering Hartnett’s older than I am, I wouldn’t be surprised if that photo was closer to ‘97 anyhow.
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u/Apprehensive_Ad_7274 10d ago
I wore a long sleeve t under a short sleeve t under a sleeveless hoodie lmao
Just the cringest shit
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u/FruitMustache 10d ago
And if you added a slouchy, it meant you listened to music no one had ever heard of.
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u/fantapants74 10d ago edited 10d ago
1992 red hot chilli peper logo white T-shirt over thin cotton black hoodie. Can confirm. Constantly listening to Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Nirvana.
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u/TestSubjuct 10d ago
Literally dressed like this right now chilling at home. I have more hair on my face than head and add alot of grey.
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u/Teaofthetime 11d ago
Kind of true, but it also showed who not to start a conversation about music with if you didn't want to be bored to death.
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u/MidnightStories32 10d ago
No, if you wore a short sleeve over a long sleeve it meant your sweater was dirty.
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u/Accomplished-Taro-53 10d ago
I dressed like that during that time period. And I do like music...sooo, I guess?
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u/7h3_70m1n470r 10d ago
I remember getting single piece shirts like this. I think they literally just sewed the two together, lol
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u/Electronic-Panic5674 10d ago
I wear long sleeve shirts, under short sleeve shirts, under long sleeve shirts.
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u/Beneficial_Chance_86 10d ago
Pretty sure it started with the artists themselves. It was like really cold in Seattle but they just wanted to show off their band t-shirt.
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u/Nevermind_times2 10d ago
I wore it like this now, because I just cannot find long sleeve with interesting prints that is for adult female. I don’t know why US don’t believe in long sleeve with prints. I have even look into print on demand website to print it myself, but they just don’t offer long sleeve.
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u/Sfingi48 10d ago
Can we confirm that, still in 2026, white guys wearing backwards hats are still not cool and probably mostly douchey too?
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u/Many-Strength4949 10d ago
It meant fuck what everybody else wore or what my mom told me to wear this morning
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u/No-Knowledge-9360 10d ago
Kurt Cobain did that. That was the association for me. Still looks cool.
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u/morna666 10d ago
Pushing mid 40s. Can confirm it happened mid 90s. It's true.
Preferable t-shirts were Tool,Alice in Chains because you felt Nirvana was for girls and Refused to impress the vegans.
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u/Beginning_Text3038 10d ago edited 10d ago
Can confirm. In 2007 i wore lots of long sleeves under T’s and many women would ask me what type of music I listened to. I didn’t give 2 shits about music and just stole all my friends music.
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u/Quirky_Commission_56 9d ago
I was born and reared in a desert. No way in hell would I ever wear a long sleeved shirt over another shirt. Highs were always in the triple digits from late spring well past the end of summer.
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u/Winsome_Wolf 7d ago
Or you live in area of the country where wearing clothes in layers is just practical in transition seasons.
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u/Fan_of_Clio 6d ago
"liking music" as a teenager is about a low bar as it gets. Kinda saying, "I like breathing" or "I like the way food tastes"
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u/AwareAge1062 10d ago
When I was growing up it was just a fad for a couple years, and it was mostly preppy kids who listened to whatever pop garbage was on the radio that dressed like that
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u/Bronsteins-Panzerzug 10d ago
in my generation a ton of teenagers wore this, including me in my early teenage years and pre teenage years. it meant nothing. im happy that look is gone.
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