Vintage T-Shirt Forum & Community Authentication Appraisals

jimmyj wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 5:51 pm Found one here, doesn't appear to be vintage.

ebay.co.uk/itm/254302404815

jimmyj wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:14 pm Good eye. I guess that tag is from the 1990s. Or from the 2000 and someone kept printing the OG design. But agree, that 2pac print is not a fake, that didn't happen until many years later.

That listing has a timestamp from 2014.

Let me dig more on this tomorrow.

jimmyj wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:57 am Very cool, how do you know it's from 2005?

Here's another Taboo tag, nice crisp image, I found on another 2pac tee - different design, California Love.

Also found one on an American Idol shirt from 2004, that looks to be a boot.

jimmyj wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:05 am Yeah, I think that's safe to say. Very cool—you discovered a potential second generation of bootleg rap tees! I'll do an IG post about it.

Are you on there?

It would be interesting to have one in hand to compare it to the 90s ones. That Taboo tag is pretty intrusive, if removed it could likely be IDd.

Are there any differences?

Did Taboo acquire the screens from Bay Club and such?

Were they the only ones who did this? Or were there others in the early 2000s mix reissuing these prints?

Taboo as a name for a boot brand kinda makes sense. But based on the t-shirt I linked earlier (now included below) they also did their own tees, as you can see this one has the logo along the bottom. So I'm not entirely sold they were Bootleg focused. It's possible the blanks were acquired from Taboo, perhaps it went out of biz.

But at this stage, both are vintage, but it could change the value of them if they can be distinguished.

BTW where did you find the image, so I can credit it?