Category: Shirts
A Vintage Bjorn Borg Shirt To Die For
Every so often we feature an interesting vintage tee that’s currently on the eBay auction block. Please feel free to link us if you create or discover an auction we might like. Description:vintage 1970s Fila Bjorn Borg tennis shirt Sold by: houseofcult Measurements: 20″ pit-to-pit by 26″ length What the Seller Says: You are bidding on a beautiful and original MEGA RARE TENNIS POLO FROM FILA, THIS KIND OF POLO WAS WORN BY BORG IN HIS EARLY DAYS!! REALY A COLLECTIBLE SHIRT! What I Say: To complete the outfit you’ll just need the shorty Fila shorts, the matching striped headband and wristbands, ... Read more
1976 Harvey Milk T-Shirt
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
Going Once, Going Twice, Going Broke
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
McEnroe’s Nike Challenge Court
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
The Top 5 Vintage Tennis Shirts
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