We have too-rich billionaires building their own rockets to send them into inner space.   An ever obvious new 21st century economy consists of the few have and the many more have nots.  Prices keep going up but wages remain flaccid.  Gentrification in the cities.  The Middle Class is shrinking.  Perhaps it is dying altogether.  Here in the USA it lasted about 80 years.  Everything changes but there is a real possibility that in another 80, the present economic reality will be altogether different.  There are plenty of essays that speak of our shrinking three class system.  If it continues we will be more like Cuba, or Russia before the fall of the Berlin wall.  Interesting stuff.  But I am not here to talk about economics.  I am here to talk of T-shirts.

Recently I needed to upgrade my loungewear  Wait, its all loungewear these days.  Amazon had a great selection so after a couple of key strokes I had new T's winging their way to me.  Not expensive ones or off brand for me.  Cheap, name brands. Good old Fruit of the Looms for me.  While scrolling I noticed a Tom Ford brand.  I don't know who Tom Ford is but these days anyone (upper class) can start their own brand. 

 

And then I noticed the price for his T.  One T.  A white T.  After I revived myself after a very real of the vapors, I thought about the people who had so much money that they would buy a few of Tom's T's.  Was it the Lyocell?   What is it?

Lyocell is a form of rayon. It consists of cellulose fibre, made from dissolving pulp and then reconstituting it by dry jet-wet spinning. The fibre is used to make textiles for clothing and other purposes. Unlike rayon made by the viscose process, lyocell production does not use harmful carbon disulfide, which is toxic to workers and the environment. In 2018, the lyocell process was more expensive than the more common viscose process for making rayon.

Well, there it is folks.  If you can afford Tom's T's, good for you.  If you are like me and keep with F of the L's, or all the other middle, lower class T's, strength in numbers.  Power to the People.