vintage t-shirt tags

image from Bundlelovers

I'm a vintage t-shirt fanatic so this is like pornography to me. You would be surprised how little there is on the internet or anywhere for that matter about the history of t-shirts. Yes, there are some books out there, but they are more like coffee table books rather than what i'm looking for- a hardcore guide book for the hardcore vintage freak. My bud Jimmy at Defunk'd has put together one of the most useful guides out there.

Most of the companies that produced vintage t-shirts are long gone or have been purchased by much larger companies. Even the heavy hitters like Fruit of the Loom and Hanes have next to no records of when particular tags were used or when particular model numbers were produced. The raving vintage lunatic is left to stitch together the pieces of vintage t-shirt history through old catalogs, magazines, movies, and by sharing tips with fellow travellers. This kind of stuff really appeals to the historical archivist in me, so I've been working on putting together a cohesive history for the past year or so. Wish me luck!

it's so hot, our clothes are HALF OFF

Hey, everything in the Bulldog Vintage eBay store is HALF OFF right now- plus many of my items ship for free. BUY BUY BUY.

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a free gift for you just for the asking

I picked up these two Girl Scout jackets at a thrift store on the cheap. This level of personalization seems to be a lost art, no? It doesn't seem like people like to socialize with others, let alone actually achieve something. I wonder how the Girl Scouts are doing in general?

Anyway, the only reason I'm doing this blog in the first place is to connect with like-minded people out there and to share the cool stuff that I pick up in my daily time wastings. So rather than selling the patches individually on eBay, I'm offering them to you, my loyal reader, for free if you follow this blog. Simply follow me, email me your address (my email is bulldogvintage at yahoo dot com) and I'll send you out a patch and a nice letter as a special thank you! Tell yr friends- I have hundreds of these patches to give away! See one you like in the photos? Just ask for it!

PS these were a total pain to get off of the jacket- this scout's Mother deserves a merit badge for durable and professional quality patch sewing! I went through a brand new seam ripper getting them off!

* update- the "sing with wings" patch is gone.

Winter Clearance sale at the Bulldog Vintage ebay store

from a Popular Science classified ad, 1963.

Hey gang! I slashed 30% off of all of the winter clothes over at my ebay store - including hats, jackets, sweaters, and more! I'll include some surprise lagniappe if you mention that you saw this little sale here!

vintage 60s Champion jacket

vintage 80s Adidas Run DMC jacket

vintage 80s Washington Redskins windbreaker jacket

Hurry! These won't last forever and when they're gone, they're gone!

selling on ebay: Swatch funwear camp shirt (1986)

I just listed this gorgeous Swatch camp shirt on ebay. There was not much about Swatch funwear on the internet, but these were all the rage when I was in Junior High. Unfortunately, I could not afford Swatch gear when I was a kid, though I did bully a poor Indian kid at my high school in to selling me his X swatch a few years later at the tail end of the Swatch trend- which I later sold on ebay after unfortunatley shattering the face a few years ago after wearing it almost every day for 10+ years. I really dig the comic book art on this shirt, but the internet couldn't help me to find the name of the artiste'. There are a few print advertisements on eBay for Funwear, confirming the date on this item.

vintage Dehen 1970s cheerleader sweater

I am selling this fantastic older cheerleader sweater on ebay, and was unable to properly date it. I guessed that it was from the late 70s, based on the overall design- especially those collars.

I contacted the good folks at Dehen, the manufacturer of this garment, and they graciously and promptly confirmed that it was shown in their 1979-80 catalog. They are still going strong and still making all of their products in the US of A. Be sure to check out their site for some incredibly awesome varsity jackets that I will eventually custom order for Bulldog Vintage when we hit the big time! Thanks for the information, Dehen, and Bulldog Vintage salutes you!

ebay round up- my newly added items

(classified ad from 1926 issue of Popular Science)

I have tons of stuff to list and no time, but here are some of my recently added items- free shipping and a free gift if you mention that you saw it here, folks!

60s women's Bowling shirt

1984 Olympics t-shirt in my store

80s ringer t-shirt- in my store

80's Auburn Automobiles t-shirt added to my store