Category: Shirts

My Vintage T-Shirt is a section written by our readers. Thanks to Abigail over at blog.ivi.tv for sharing this shirt, a great story and inspiring this section. If you have a rare vintage t-shirt and a great story please contact us. My mother grew up in San Francisco, and in 1976 she moved our family back to San Francisco from Vermont, where we’d been living. My grandmother, Jane Swinerton Ophuls, moved us into a Victorian she’d restored in the rough-and-tumble Western Addition — this was back when all the abject highrise projects dominated the landscape — and my education about ... Read more

Every two weeks we scour through eBay’s past auctions and report which relics are fetching the big bucks. Even more reasons to raid your granny’s closet. Click the links below to view the full eBay listing or the seller’s current inventory. vintage 30s chinstrap cotton shirt sold for $1925.00 by rman57 vintage 70s deadstock Nike Sierra rainbow shoes sold for $538.00 by ksda78 vintage 80s Zorlac Metallica skateboard t-shirt sold for $510.00 by rubysoho08 vintage 40s Boy Scouts of America shirt sold for $293.88 by grand-slam-auctions vintage 30s football sports jersey sold for $280.00 by bindle*stiff vintage 80s Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force t-shirt sold for $120.00 shirtswithballs

In this early eighties photo, McEnore wears his Nike Challenge Courts (and some Sergio Tacchini’s Short’s and shirt) Here is a better picture of these vintage challenge courts. Extremely nice pair: great colors; love the mesh toe box, and a great 3/4 ankle support… you can already see the family resemblances with the tech challenge line that would come out a few years later

No vintage enthusiast’s wardrobe is complete if it doesn’t show a little love for tennis shirts. So we’re serving up a set of the top five to help ensure you’re an ace on the concrete surface of the urban court. Fila BJ Borg Borg is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport. He won 11 Grand Slam singles titles between 1974 and 1981. And if you think that’s a big deal, get this: in March of 2009 The Vintage Aficionado named him World’s No. 1 in terms of vintage tennis shirts. Luke Wilson’s character in The ... Read more

We’re not going to cram any vintage Irish t-shirt propaganda down your throat, we know you need that passageway clear for green beer. Instead we’re pausing for the cause to let you know about a tee organization that’s doing something for the environment. Teecycle.org is run by Tim Cigelske. His nifty newly renovated site offers second hand t-shirts for sale with a portion of proceeds passed along to environmental charities. Most of his inventory is late 90s / early 00s promotional schwag and humor tees, but he also has the odd 1980s up for grabs; so keep your eyes peeled ... Read more