Category: Collections

A Shallow Dive Into Adult Swim T-Shirts: Space Ghost and Beyond

Vintage Adult Swim Space Ghost T-Shirts
@tiltedmoons is the online moniker of t-shirt collector Brian Lugo. Self-described, “Chicago has-been with Floridian funk.” visit his page on Instagram to see more of his vintage Space Ghost shirt collection along with other gems from the 90s-00s. Our story starts with Space Ghost. The classic Hanna-Barbera property that was given a new life by being reimagined from his 60s intergalactic superhero persona into an overly confident, yet very out of place, 90s late-night talk show host. “Space Ghost Coast to Coast” was one of Cartoon Network’s first original productions. The weirdness of the show eventually gave way to the ... Read more

An Interview With a Guy Who Collects Vintage Jesus T-Shirts, Religiously

Vintage Religious Parody T-Shirts
Not long ago, vintage religious-based t-shirts were a tough sell. In fact, the religion category on our website was among our least popular. But everyone loves a great comeback story, especially Jesus. One of the things we love about the new age of vintage t-shirt wearers is their appreciation for niche tees. We’ve seen collections of anatomical, recording studios, adult swim, and serial killer tees. Hell, even vintage Country t-shirts are having their moment, which is a sentence I never thought I would write. To help us make sense of all this we caught up with Javier, the man behind ... Read more

This Vintage Anatomical T-Shirt Collection Takes Heart (and a Lot of Guts)

Hi, y’all! My name is David and I’m a yoga instructor that collects novelty Anatomical Diagram t-shirts. It started with one and ballooned into a dozen and a half. Students love them and they’re excellent teaching tools. Blinded by Science Test Answers AOP This was my first anatomy tee. I bought it some 7-ish years ago during my first yoga training as a joke for my teachers…the joke was on me after seeing there were multiple companies and diagrams for the human body. Anatomical Chart Co Muscular System The most popular version of Anatomy Tee is the Kurt Cobain Muscular ... Read more

These Vintage Recording Studio T-Shirts Are Music to Our Ears

“My name is Mark Killington and always been a big music fan. By luck in early 1986 I got a job as a general gofer for the late great Rupert Neve (most famous audio equipment designer for studios) and what was then his new company Focusrite after he’d sold his Neve company. The first job he was doing was a sub-mixer for Air Montserrat (George Martin). Rupert was persuaded to go back into big console manufacturing and had a huge list of big studios wanting to leave a deposit to be one of the first recipients of one of his ... Read more

22 Controversial Vintage T-Shirts That Are to Die For

The vintage t-shirt enthusiast behind @redrumretro on IG actually moonlights as an assistant manager in a sneaker store, but he assures us his mind is on t-shirts 110% of the time. He owns hundreds of vintage t-shirts but there are about 60 you’d have to pry from his cold dead hands. Most of those are Type O Negative tees and controversial ones that feature murderers, killers, cults, and other unpleasantries. “As soon as I saw my first Charles Manson shirt, I believe I saw Axl Rose rocking one in an old photo and I was like well fuck, I need ... Read more