The “crewneck,” “crew neck,” or “crew-neck” refers to a variation of shirt or sweater with a round, collarless neckline. There are many types of round-necked shirts that seem similar to the crew neck (such as scoop neck shirts), but what sets crew necks apart is as much the design of their necklines their history.

Outside of the armed forces (first used in 1898) and athletics, celebrities such as Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Elvis helped to popularize the use of t-shirts as outerwear. For this reason we give our iconic Tee’s names of some of these celebrities.