Category: Shirts

Soap Opera

Every so often we feature an interesting vintage clothing piece that’s currently up for grabs on eBay. Please inform us if you create or discover an auction we might like by posting a link to the listing on our forum. Item: vintage 1938 Soap Box Derby T-Shirt Brand: Sport Shirt Sold By: Vendetta_Vintage What the Seller Says: Up for auction is a rare vintage 1938 Soap Box Derby t-shirt which I personally unearthed in a basement of an estate sale. The Blackwell Tribune is a newspaper in Blackwell, Oklahoma and through some research they have participated in the annual Soap ... Read more

Going Once, Going Twice, Going Broke

Every few weeks we scour through eBay’s vintage t-shirt auctions and report which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s closet. Click the links below to view the full eBay listing or the seller’s current inventory. 70s vintage Grateful Dead ice cream tee sold for $500.00 by vintageshirtguy 70s vintage Black Sabbath bloody tee sold for $500.00 by wyco_vintage 80s vintage W.A.S.P. Wasp Tour tee sold for $300.00 by wyco_vintage 70s vintage George Harrison t-shirt sold for $300.00 by wyco_vintage 70s vintage Jimi Hendrix eyeball tee sold for $249.99 by tru-mystik 80s vintage The Clash t-shirt ... Read more

MCs

Can you identify all six MCs from these close-ups of vintage t-shirt screen prints? Post your guesses in the comments section! See if you can name the frontmen in our last Screen Test.

Ride Me Ride Free

An ongoing project to document all of the exquisite vintage Harley Davidson t-shirts. Item #23: Vintage Harley Davidson Ride Me Ride Free T-Shirt Availability: Explore Vintage Harley Tees on Defunkd Decade: 1970s Label: Fantasy Harley Fact: Although Harley has never been against sexual innuendo, “ride me – ride free” wasn’t a commonly used slogan. The term is more a well known biker phrase that ends with “or at least I’ll give one hell of s discount!” Approximate value: $250 View the previous vintage Harley Mesh tee.

Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground

A brand spanking new vintage t-shirt book was released today and it looks promising. The author was inspired by the all-too-common nightmare of having his beloved t-shirt collection discarded by his mother. For the last 20+ years he’s been on a mission to relive his youth via poly-cotton, which the better part of was spent growing up too fast all over Sunset Strip. The book offers a visual history told through the rarest of the rare one-off t-shirts. We’re in the process of acquiring a review copy from the publishers for the fifth installment for our Ultimate Guide to vintage ... Read more