The T shirt Thread

[cultpop 0217]

We have a few various vintage threads and one dedicated to loopwheel stuff but I thought we could use one dedicated to the humble tee. 

Graphic or plain, vintage or new, share your favorites here. 

 

I'll start.  

Vintage Lake Whippoorwill Speedway Tee 

Thin knobby fabric, single stitch, no label but feels like 50/50. 

[rbeck]

Oh man I've got too many tees so I will definitely share some of my favorite vintage ones here. 

[LazyS]

[reallypeacedoff]

Anyone got the Lightning Vintage Tees mag? Worth it?

[rodeo bill]

On 2/6/2025 at 4:36 PM, reallypeacedoff said:

Anyone got the Lightning Vintage Tees mag? Worth it?

I think I've had that one at some point, or at least definitely spent time with it. Excellent but exactly what you'd expect, and nothing more, if you know what I mean? I like this book, gratuitous boob cover notwithstanding. It feels very personal and includes a lot of bootleg Ts, which I like.

[mlwdp]

Vintage Harley Davidson tshirt circa 1995.  It’s my lucky shirt that’s been sewn a hundred times due to wear and tear.

 

[patricksjeans]

This ones a good story. This was my dad’s restaurant he owned in Seattle in the mid-late 80s. The story goes that when he and his brother purchased the business, they didn’t want to demolish the cool, vintage “Leroys Grill” neon sign, so they just decided to name it Leroys. They found a bunch of branded gear in the attic and gave it away (wasn’t really a ‘buy a t-shirt’ kind of establishment during their time). By the time he passed, he only had one “Leroys” sweater left, and he gave it to my sister. 

The Christmas after he passed, my mom gave this to me. She randomly stumbled across it on Etsy being sold by a vintage reseller. No backstory as to where it was found (probably a thrift store of course). Definitely one of my prized possessions 

[MJF9]

@patricksjeans great story... thanks for sharing it

[cultpop 0217]

Hunted for this one for years. 

1984 Roy Rogers L.A. Games Tee as worn by Val Kilmer in Real Genius. 

One of my grails. 

A few cheap and inaccurate reproduction have been made but I wanted an original and few years back I finally found one. 

Im not saying it's screen used but I bought it from a seller outside of L.A. so you never know! 

 

Just perfect.