A B.C. researcher looking to make the perfect T-shirt has turned to a material so ubiquitous it’s been both a major source of the province’s wealth and the bane of its international trade agreements: softwood lumber. Stephanie Phillips, a researcher at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Wilson School of Design, has been working with colleagues at the University of British Columbia to create a high-quality T-shirt that surpasses all others. Why a T-shirt? “It’s really easy to look at. It’s really easy for people to understand. It’s what I call an archetypical product,” Phillips said.  The research is the latest B.C.-based effort to try to make the fashion industry more sustainable… “Canada hasn’t really been a big contributor to the textile industry, and it would be lovely to make our mark”.