Category: Shirts

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

Similar to live tee auctions, raffles have become a mainstay in the Instagram-based vintage t-shirt universe. I’ve never participated in one, but I’ve been tempted. An established seller presents a handful of “grails” as prizes. Then they sell X amount of spots for X amount of dollars, (with X amount of maximum spots a single person can purchase.) Once the deadline for entry has been reached, or the designated spots are sold out, the host has a draw to select the winner. The winner usually picks a single t-shirt from the available prize offering, most of which are beyond mid-value. ... Read more

For this installment, we’re back in Florence, AL for Tee Jays. Founded in 1976 by Terry Wylie and Jim Morris (T+J), Tee Jays started as a screen printing company with 8 employees but quickly expanded to a vertical operation with over 4,000 employees and 19 production plants. 1976-1985 1978 1979 1983 We begin to see various forms of the Tee Jay brand, including Hef-T and Selec-T.  Vintage Brands Insider Sign-up Email*: Subscribe 1981-1985 1986-1990 Late 1985 is when their new logo is introduced.  1986-1989 (some variations until ’02) 1986-1989 1991-2002 During the early 90s, Tee Jays would procure monumental partnerships ... Read more