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Sneakers
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Brand #13: Sneakers
Circulation: Fairly Common
Era: 1980s
Information: Nothing is known about the company behind this tag except that they manufactured blank tees in the 1980s.
The Sneakers brand is one of the few vintage t-shirts that advertised a brand name polyester in their fabric blend. Kodel Polyester was developed in 1958 by Eastman Chemical Products as an inexpensive durable artificial fiber and paved the way for an explosion of poly usage in the 1960s.
But a poly/cotton blend wasn’t the only one up Sneakers’ sleeves – they also incorporated rayon which makes them one of small handful of blank vintage t-shirt manufacturer to do so. Rayon is a manufactured fiber but not artificial because it’s derived from naturally occurring cellulose – it was developed as an inexpensive alternative to silk.
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Dr. Philibuster
November 5, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Sneaky little bastards! I’ve actually seen rayon blends in Stedman gray blanks as well as Russell Athletic and Sportswear ringers and grays.
Lee
October 4, 2011 at 10:12 am
Thanks for your blog. Very helpful and interesting! Here’s a shirt I have with a different Sneakers label.
Tommy
February 13, 2013 at 12:10 am
Hm… I’ve got one that’s cotton and Fortrel polyester.
Wenk
March 5, 2013 at 1:09 pm
guys, i need an opinion. I got this one….