Lifestyle Weird and Wonderful
South Africa has produced the world’s biggest T-shirt confirms Guinness World Records.
Over 64 metres in length and 43 metres wide (excluding the sleeves), the T-shirt is taller than the Statue of Liberty, has enough material to run the length of Robben Island twice; is big enough for 152 average-sized elephants to stand on and can hide 245 minibus taxis!
Officially verified by Guinness World Records on 15 September, the T-shirt is currently on display in a hangar at the Denel Aviation Centre near OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg.
The T-shirt covers the same area as 10 tennis courts and is big enough for 16 692 people to stand on.
Made from more than 7 000 running metres of fabric and home to some 6 500 000 stitches, the hot pink T-shirt took a team of tailors and seamstresses three weeks of working round the clock to sew together.
The gigantic undertaking was the brainchild of the company that produces Vanish, a stain remover.
After making the T-shirt, Vanish decided to put its reputation as the best fabric stain remover to the test by allowing a group of exuberant school learners to stain the gargantuan garment. The shirt was soaked in a Vanish solution and the enormous stain disappeared in front of onlookers.
