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Mahagamage = Malarkey
These jerseys are popping up more and more often and being passed off as legit vintage. I did a little digging around and suspect Mahagamage is marketed at people in Japan given it commonly appears among Yahoo! Japan auctions. Another search highlights a gentleman by the name of Susil “Tony” Mahagamage who just so happens to be in the vintage business. He works for Denim King Vintage Wholesalers – Transatlantic Mixrags and most likely has ties to it. Perhaps a vintage inspired side business to his flourishing used clothing operation? Although no where online is he directly linked to the t-shirt brand but if he isn’t it would be one heck of a coincidence. He’s also located in Los Angeles which makes sense given the Tiny Pony/Academy Clothiers gang use Mahagamage for a lot of their bootlegs (label removed of course.) We’ve contacted Tony and others at his company to get the scoop, check the comments section for updates and other incarnations of the tag.
Below is what the seller of this item had to say in the description. Notice how many times they drive home the point of the shirt being real. A wee bit overkill? This has to be the most ridiculous description I have ever encountered for a t-shirt that clearly isn’t vintage. It has bids – hopefully it doesn’t fetch a lot.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 100% AUTHENTIC JEFFERSON AIRPLANE & GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT 1970’S T-SHIRT. 3/4 SLEEVES. REAL VINTAGE. REAL RETRO NOT A MODERN COPY OR REPRODUCTION. USED NOT LIKE NEW. THIS SHIRT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES GENUINE VINTAGE T-SHIRTS. LIGHT UNIFORM FADE. PRINTS AND LETTERS SHOW MINOR VINTAGE CRACKING BUT IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. A REAL ONE OF A KIND RELIC. VERY HARD TO FIND. CLEAN T-SHIRT. NOT FILTHY. RARE MADE IN USA. SIZE SMALL.
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Hermosa Vintage
April 29, 2011 at 1:41 am
Jimmy here is your culprit:
http://www.translanticmixrag.com/Meet_the_People_TM8C.html
Mr. Mahagamage runs a rag house in LA and is known for his piss poor vintage repros he sells wholesale and retail (through his rag house and at local flea markets). Besides that he also sells on ebay with the user id tinalove1991.
Usually (but not always) his product is marked with the “Mahagamage” brand, though the logo changes from tag to tag. Always the quality of the printing is poor.
I admit to falling for one or two of his repros when i was still a greenhorn. Buyer beware!
Jimmy J
April 29, 2011 at 1:53 am
Yeah, I’m on the case! I found that site and emailed the staff. But I didn’t know he was tinalove1991! It’s all starting to make sense…thanks sir.
Jimmy J
May 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Replies from the company are sporadic and uninformative. Tony himself even replied to me but wont directly connect himself to the brand or tinalove1991.
Jimmy J
June 24, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Tony wont reply to me. I’m going to contact eBay directly about this.
defunkd
January 9, 2014 at 6:01 pm
Mahagamage brand continues to appear on eBay bootlegs. Here’s the latest design.
defunkd
January 9, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Here’s the older version of the tag.