Category: Reviews

I’ve been on a mission for at least a decade to document all the vintage t-shirt books in the galaxy. When I first started my mission, a handful of books were published in the 2000s, but once the first wave of the vintage t-shirt gold rush was over, things went dark. So, I started to dig into the earliest t-shirt books I could find, which now all have vintage content by default. The oldest one I could find was from 1974, then 1978, and one from 1988, so we’re gonna go back, way back. However, vintage t-shirt books have picked ... Read more

There was a ton of hype leading up to the launch of Bidstitch and we’ve been keeping tabs on all of their announcements and even published a pre-launch opinion piece. Of course, there was a small percentage of Debbie downers whose most common concern was who was actually behind the platform and whether evil corporate money was involved. Fair enough. But for the most part, the community rallied around the potential for a better marketplace. People are particularly perturbed at pissing their money away on other platforms. And for every naysayer, there were two fanboys who would have consumed Bidstitch ... Read more

I took a break for a couple of years from the VTU (vintage tee universe) and all hell broke loose. Marketplace platforms like Grailed and Depop (sold to Etsy!) exploded while a ton of transactions started happening through Instagram DMs. Then the early days of the pandemic ushered in live auctions on IG courtesy of 1980 Something Co. At one point last week five IG accounts I follow were hosting t-shirt auctions at the SAME time. It’s live insanitee. Vintage t-shirt auctions on eBay were huge in the early aughts, people got caught up in the excitement of bidding and ... Read more

I’m going to be perfectly honest here, my first impression from Bidstitch’s announcement was not a great one. Starting with their first Instagram post, “eBay, Grailed, and Depop are taking all your cash and give you nothing in return!” Really? Well, for starters, they give you TRAFFIC. eBay gives you access to roughly 182 million users and 26 million from Depop. eBay actually has pretty good customer service (even though things don’t always go your way). Depop has a fairly rabid user base that is much quicker to make a purchase than the other platforms, at least in my experience. ... Read more

Several months back we did a 5-part series of interviews with Showco aficionado Jason Sprinzen, who owns the world’s largest collection of these rare shirts. During the interview, Sprinzen told us about his ongoing book project about the company. The project has now kicked into full gear, so we figured that we would catch up with Jason and see where things currently stand with his collection and book. For a refresher on our interview, check out here. SHOWCO Shirts Courtesy of the Jason Sprinzen Collection. Last we spoke you were the caretaker of 126 Showco shirts. And now? Yes, it has! ... Read more