Category: Tees

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

My name is Sebastian. I live in London England and I own around 30 vintage KH vintage T-shirts. I collect other items as well, for example, posters from KH exhibitions or his art released by the KH foundation. I also have some other cool stuff KH used to sell in his shop called “Pop Shop”. I started to collect vintage around 8 years ago, back in my small hometown, Żory in Poland (only around 60,000 people live there). We used to dig for cool pieces every day, sometimes even skipping school to get more time. We would be digging and ... Read more

Liquid Blue tees are attention grabbers. The artwork is so detailed, and there are so many prints (not to mention countless celebrities who wear them) these shirts have their own planet in the vintage t-shirt universe. Here on earth, they’ve had an impact on many countries, especially Indonesia. Indonesia is where Adi lives and he has one of the best collections of Liquid Blue tees in the world. Hi Adi, when did you first start collecting t-shirts? Back when I was in school in 1997, the first time was because I saw my friends wearing streetwear like Rusty, Volcom, and ... Read more

The date was April 30th, 1975. America was fresh off 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Tensions at home run high as Soldiers return home to anti-war activists. Veterans returning from Vietnam, not with their battalion or company, but alone on a plane after their 365-day tour. Their pain was real but the support from the government, or from the people was not. Fast forward to the late 70s and we can clearly see t-shirt culture take shape as the means of supporting any war cause. Col Mad Mike Hoare and The Wild Geese Mercenaries such as Col Mike Hoare ... Read more