Category: Shirts

The man behind the eponymous shirt company Stanley DeSantis was more than a clothing manufacturer. Though best known for his tees with the unmistakable, bold tag showing his name, DeSantis was also a successful businessman and renounced actor starring in many classic films and television series, including Boogie Nights, Candyman, Alf and many others. Being in the entertainment industry, most of DeSantis’ tees featured licensed designs for movies and tv shows — many of which demand high prices on the market today. 1970s As early as the mid-1970s, DeSantis created and sold shirt designs as a student at New York ... Read more

After selling vintage t-shirts from Canada (@thorough_image) to individuals around the world for over four years I noticed the lack of representation of positive black figures. Considering the amount that black history has influenced me and the entire world I wanted to share my collection with the community on Martin Luther King Day. These tees represent information that was not taught in most schools and now is illegal to be taught in some states. From one of the first written/spoken words of a slave Frederick Douglas who stole his education and his own freedom, to Jack Johnson the first black ... Read more

Steve and I go way back. We first connected over 5 years ago when he started turning heads by uploading an insane vintage Star Wars t-shirt collection to the show section of the now-defunct, Defunkd Collective. Ever since he’s been my go-to vintage Star Wars t-shirt expert. He also assisted me while I was working on (and continually updating) The Holy Grail of Vintage Star Wars tees article. Then, recently, he revealed that he’s been slowly collecting Atari tees too. So I asked him if he would share it and answer some questions about his collections. Where in the world ... Read more

Early in 2022, we hosted a survey for vintage t-shirt heads, and over 500 of them participated. One of the questions asked was which apps they used in their day-to-day vintage lives. Aside from the obvious social ones like Instagram, and apps for marketplace platforms like eBay – the most commonly cited app was Gem. Gem is a vintage clothing-specific search engine that fetches results from the majority of popular vintage marketplace platforms. It’s super handy if you’re looking for a specific shirt, you punch in the name of the shirt and it brings back all of the t-shirts available ... Read more

I first got into tees when I started going to concerts around 1986-87. My brother gave me a cassette of Diary of a Madman when I was younger and I’ve been hooked ever since. A few years of Ozzy’s solo stuff and then I dove into Sabbath. I have seen Ozzy and Sabbath in concert around 15 times. I consider myself a massive Ozzy and t-shirt fan. I’m totally psyched for Ozzy’s new album. I have already pre-ordered a signed copy of it. And I’m definitely looking forward to his NFL halftime kick-off. My go-to shirt is my Tribute shirt! ... Read more