Category: Shirts

Let me start by stating what’s obvious to those who frequent this site: the t-shirt market has been flooded with over-licensing by bands to chained retailers. These outlets offer tees at ridiculously low prices which are happily snapped up like…what ever the modern version of hot cakes is for today’s youth. Band tees have become dirt cheap mostly due to questionable manufacturing ethics that leave a huge carbon footprint in their wake, but that’s a whole other rant. We’re all for youth showing respect for bands obviously before their time. The problem is, in most cases, they’re just a disposable ... Read more

Meet Ann Wolff. That’s her with Melvin Seals of the Jerry Garcia Band. Ann is a t-shirt designer from Tulsa, Oklahoma who has been in the game of selling tees since the early 1990s. She’s a Deadhead at heart who has also sold designs to the Grateful Dead merchandise catalog and has worked personally with bassist and founding Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh. Needless to say, she’s got some serious Dead cred. What’s your background as an artist prior to your Grateful Dead days? I have no formal training  as an artist. My mother was an artist and I learned ... Read more

Every few weeks we scour through vintage t-shirt sales across the web and report which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s closet. 70s vintage Mouse Kelly Monster Co tee sold for $500.00 by koshercollectibles 90s vintage N.W.A. Dangerous long sleeve -shirt sold for $450.00 by PuNkrEviVal 90s vintage Guns N Roses Theatre Tour tee sold for $400.00 by Highendgarment 90s vintage Snoop Doggy Dogg t-shirt sold for $395.01 Stormcrow-Vintage 70s vintage Deliverance tee sold for $350.00 koshercollectibles 70s vintage Hand Painted Samurai t-shirt sold for $259.55 WyCo_Vintage View a previous edition where a banned Sonic ... Read more

An ongoing project to document all of the exquisite vintage Harley Davidson t-shirts Item #49: Give Me Head Till I’m Dead Availability: Explore Harley Tees on Defunkd Decade: 1980s Dealer Customization: Rocky Mountain Harley Davidson – Littleton, CO Harley Fact: Until 1915 the headlight was only an optional accessory for Harley riders.  The Model 11-J introduced an electrical system, uniting headlight, taillight, ignition, and horn. Approximate Value: $850.99 View the previous Harley Rolling Thunder tee.

There’s a lot of hoopla circulating around the ‘net on how to vintage-ify new t-shirts. Apparently everyone loves that aged to perfection buttery soft feeling made famous by real vintage t-shirts. As a result, t-shirt manufacturers have been suggesting the use of toxic chemicals, copious amounts of water, energy and time to achieve vintage qualities in brand spanking new tees. A spanking is what these brands deserve. Why not just buy actual vintage t-shirts and skip all the fuss (and the dreaded muss.) Please pin, like, tweet this post and help spread this message.