Category: Brands

A comprehensive resource of defunct t-shirt labels manufactured prior to the year 2000. Brand #28: Mackler Circulation: Common Era: Early 1980s to 1985? Information: Not much is known. According to a trademark database Mackler was TM’d in November of 1983. However the brand was circulating previous to this as it appears on tour tees from 1982. Given it doesn’t appear on t-shirts dated beyond 1985 – the brand may have suffered an early demise or perhaps it was bought out. The Mackler tag is most commonly found on jerseys but the brand also manufactured standard t-shirts, long sleeve and sleeveless. ... Read more

A comprehensive resource of defunct t-shirt labels manufactured prior to the year 2000. Brand #27: Marshall Lester Circulation: Common Era: Late 1950s-? Information: With Britain suffering from U.S.A.mania the t-shirt explosion was felt across the pond. Scott Lester made a healthy living manufacturing flags and patches for retailers while fathering his boy Marshall. In his early twenties Marshall started doodling all things American: cities, cars, you name it. Then he had them printed on tees and sent them out for sale just to see what would happen. Well, some serious sh*t happened. As the story goes a few days later ... Read more

A comprehensive resource of defunct t-shirt labels manufactured prior to the year 2000. Brand #25: Belton Circulation: Common Era: Late 1970s-1990s Information: Here’s the scoop on Belton from Bad Otis Link who named this brand his blank t-shirt of choice in the 1980s: Belton tees came from a small town in South Carolina by the same name. Belton was a cotton belt town and had Belton mills there which are all closed now. I was told that the company at one time employed the entire town. The only place that I got Beltons from was AJS, a t-shirt wholesaler in ... Read more

A comprehensive resource of defunct t-shirt labels manufactured prior to the year 2000. Brand #24: BVD Circulation: Common Era: 1800s-present Information: BVD was founded in New York in 1876 by Bradley, Voorhees & Day. They first manufactured garments for women but were better known for their one-piece underwear (union suits) for men. In 1930 the company was purchased by Atlas Underwear and it became a line of swimwear for women and men. In 1951, the brand was purchased by Superior Mills and BVD represented a line of sportops, fashionable undies and t-shirts of all types. In 1976 the brand was ... Read more

A comprehensive resource of defunct t-shirt labels manufactured prior to the year 2000. Brand #23: Nike Circulation: Varies Era: 1970s-present Information: According to our pals over at Wicked Threadz each of the above tags were circulated during the following years: Pinwheel (1978-1980) Orange Sportswear (1980-1983) Blue (1984-1988) Grey (1989-1993) Have a photo of a tag design we missed? Please share it by clicking on “+image” below the comments field! View the previous Wolf brand.