and historical accounts have promoted different versions of its origin.
Some stories connect the loop with university students.
Others connect it with sailors or sportsmen.
Others describe it as a practical feature of clothing designed for locker rooms.
Rather than assuming one dramatic inventor created the idea on a particular day, it is safer to understand the locker loop as part of a broader development in practical American sportswear.
The important point is that it became especially associated with shirts worn by students and active young men.
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