Category: 10 Tees

St. Patrick’s day is fast approaching and green is the uniform of choice during your faux-patriotic Irish pub crawl. But if you want a serious edge over the common folk, grab a true vintage t-shirt. Perhaps one that pays homage to the country’s many colorful stereotypes reinforced annually throughout the globe by a night of boozing debauchery. But beware! In our society’s quest to attain 100% political correctness, there soon may come a day when assuming Ireland is inebriated will be in poor taste. Until such time, we had a little fun with all the ridiculous cliches. Enjoy. And please ... Read more

Vintage Bootleg Simpsons tees have become quite a hot commodity in recent years. This list was inspired by the cool cats over at Bootleg Bart on Facebook, photos compliments of them and their community. 1. You Can’t Touch This This one’s a triple slam dunk in the trademark infringement department. Sure to piss off Nike/Jordan, The Bulls and The Simpsons. Throw some MC Hammer lyrics in for good measure. 2. “Say No to Drugs” Bootleggers with a conscience? Or do the quotes make it tongue-in-cheek? We’re not fully sure what’s going on in this mish-mash of messages. 3. Black With ... Read more

1. Robert Plant in The Runaways T-Shirt This one-off Runaways tee was given to Plant by photographer Richard Creamer. It all went down in honor of a 1977 concert at the Starwood put on by Kim Fowley. The Holy Grail of vintage Runaways tees. Likelihood of finding this t-shirt at a thrift store = zero. 2. Slash in Led Zeppelin T-Shirt Slash showing respect for Zeppelin ’cause you must knock on heaven’s door prior to gaining access its stairway. 3. Nikki Sixx in Guns N Roses T-Shirt Sixx wore GNR, Axl wore Crue. They lived in the same city, participated ... Read more

Mascots were huge in the 1980s. McDonald’s had the playful Ronald. Wendy’s had the adorable Wendy. And Iron Maiden had Eddie the Head who was born without a body. He made his first appearance in 1980 at a Maiden concert as a paper mache construct and spawned a trend of metal bands and evil mascots. 1. Eddie aka Eddie the Head, Iron Maiden The hardest working metal mascot in show business. The GOAT. He’s showcased at every concert, has had numerous incarnations as an action figure, and starred in his own video game. Not to mention he’s embroiled the Maiden ... Read more

1. Pro-Pot Unless you work at a medicinal marijuana facility or a grow-op, probably best to keep your love affair with Mary Jane out of the workplace. courtesy: vintagemaniac 2. Punk PSA Strangely, this t-shirt was actually a positive message from the punk persuasion. This tee opposed the small fraction of punks who were giving the genre a bad name (and not in a good way!) by embracing Nazi symbols and finding inspiration in their regime. But that’s just too complicated to explain to every co-worker who sees you in it. Avoid. courtesy: punkrevival 3. Pro-Gun Given the horrific instances of ... Read more