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monster_cookie
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Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
I thought this shirt was supposed to be 94-95, this has to be fake right?
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Lucasxavier
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
I once saw the exact same item with the same tag—lacking any copyright notice—and it turned out to be authentic. Same like this
Lucas
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monster_cookie
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
but why would a 94-95 print be a 97 blank? doesn't make any sense unless its a reprintLucasxavier wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2026 1:48 pm I once saw the exact same item with the same tag—lacking any copyright notice—and it turned out to be authentic. Same like this
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Lucasxavier
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
that's tag is from mid 90s, This might be an indicator that it’s a reprint, given the absence of a copyright notice. However, judging by the material and the screen print, it appears to be authentic.
Lucas
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monster_cookie
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
The earliest verified presence of the Fruit of the Loom "HEAVY cotton" neck tag on event-dated and copyright-verified garments is 1996. Prior to 1996, Fruit of the Loom used its standard white woven tag (100% cotton), the "Best" tag (50/50 blend), and the "Lofteez" tag (introduced around 1993–1994 as their initial heavyweight open-end cotton answer to the Hanes Beefy-T).Lucasxavier wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2026 4:34 am that's tag is from mid 90s, This might be an indicator that it’s a reprint, given the absence of a copyright notice. However, judging by the material and the screen print, it appears to be authentic.
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sonicxvintage
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
can you provide the origin post of these images?monster_cookie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2026 3:07 pm I thought this shirt was supposed to be 94-95, this has to be fake right?
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monster_cookie
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Re: Black hole sun soundgarden on a Fruit Heavy tag (97)
It's from someone's Instagramsonicxvintage wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2026 5:11 amcan you provide the origin post of these images?monster_cookie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2026 3:07 pm I thought this shirt was supposed to be 94-95, this has to be fake right?
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