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lord ched
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70's Knits tag

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Tag from a WMMS Cleveland shirt that belongs in the Brandipedia:
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mr50per
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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I have one.Do you think this is 70s T-shirt ?


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Tour t-shirt Grateful dead 1979
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jimmyj
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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Yep! Stanley Mouse too!

Whoa - just noticing these The Knits tags now - do have to add to brandpedia.
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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I hadn't seen that "The Knits" tag before either.

That is definitely a real 1979 Grateful Dead tour tee.
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waxandthreads
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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Not sure exact year on this one. Came from a lot of blanks between late 70s and early 80s. Can't pinpoint where the designer was pulling inspiration from for the design haha.
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This one came from a lot of unlicensed Girls Just Wanna Have Fun shirts. Should be around 1985.
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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Thanks dude - I updated our BrandPedia entry using the RN number on that tag....reveals a lot.

http://www.defunkd.com/blog/2010/05/22/the-knits/

here's the RN details:

https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/textilern/wrnque ... _CHK=43751

and here's a lengthy read about Union and Fruit of the Loom - which merged in 1985 so it makes sense of that Screen Stars style Knits tag:

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company- ... story.html
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Dang! Straight up vintage t-shirt archaeology going on at Defunkd. :D
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Re: 70's Knits tag

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That's the great thing about this forum, the beige tag is totally foreign to me as well.
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