The Smiths tee

[J0HN]

Where can i get a vintage The Smiths tee on the net?

have been looking for i while but dont find anyone that ships to sweden, can someone please help me

i rest my case

[haptronic]

I got a nice hat full of hollow t from

http://www.everythingenglish.com

printed on aa sent to nz. can't remember exact price but it was dirt cheap.

[SENDkylHISPASSWORD]

you will be so scene once you get that shirt. Nice.

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[haptronic]

Sorry i just re read your post. the link i sent you is for new shirts.

now if you want to vintage a new t.

email and ask if they can do either a single swipe or a half cure. t shirts are mostly printed with plastisol and these two methods make the print look old.

a single swipe means that there is less ink in the first place so when you wash the cotton comes through the print and looks old.

a half cure means that the ink isn't set properly so will deteriorate on washing.

to age the t shirt order too big and hot wash and then hot dryer, [use the drier until it smells like fire, but not until your house burns down]

if the t shirt is white you could dye it with low strength dye [mix to about quarter of what the instructions say] use black, or a yellow based brown [ if you want it to look real]

hope this helps

[haptronic]

just a warning: with the drier trick the t shirt should shrink but the print wont, it distorts the shape of the t shirt, and the print will buckle.

[Serge d Nimes]

wow, good advice! this probably works best with white shirts. Black shirts are made with colorfast dyes these days and won't really age to look vintage, they will just look bad.

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[haptronic]

I have had good results with black as well. while you don't get the beautiful grey of a true vintage t, the aged looking print combined with the distortion caused by the shrinking and buckling can look very good.

[minya]

hap, do you have any other pics of your homemade t-shirts? I have been really, really impressed with your Joy Division/Black Flag ones. Love 'em.

[haptronic]

thanks, but sorry nothing at the mo.

been helping my girl with some prints but they are all in a shop so pics later.

i used to run a shop for a t shirt company/screenprinter, and always had people coming in at the last minute wanting a tee [for a gig or something] and not wanting it to look new. my boss was experimenting with the aged out prints and we used to send them home to use the hot wash/dryer.

the art was learning how much too big they had to be.

[J0HN]

awsome! thanks

i rest my case

[levistrauss]

your best chance of getting a true vintage smiths shirt is ebay. create a saved favorite and wait. it'll be worth it.