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quick cheat sheet to tell if a tee is true vintage. if you see one of these tags, it's a keeper! also defunkd.com & vintagefashionguild.org are great resources for brand research 🤗
see other posts for nike, champion, russell & hanes tags!
tags: vintage, tee, t-shirt, label, labels, brand, brands, sneakers, velva sheen, mayo spruce, the knits, ched, anvil, healthknit, belton, screen stars, signal, sportswear, sport-t, stedman, touch of gold, bantam, b.v.d., wolf & sons, crazy shirts, 50/50
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wednesdayschild
@retrocollective hey! I just posted a few of these "cheat sheets" -- like or screenshot if you want! I realized I was doing an internet search every time I posted something because I'm a perfectionist 🤦🏻♀️ so I started saving these pictures on my phone. On this page I don't have exact dates but generally each brand is the chronological progression of the tag left 70s/80s to right 80s/90s.
Jun 21Reply

retrocollective
@wednesdayschild omg awesome! Thanks so much for sharing that with me, it will definitely help save some time researching tags. I liked it & took a screen shot 😊 thanks girl, you rock!! 🖤
Jun 21Reply

sloanek
Would you mind having a look at the tag on the Doors shirt I have listed? You're so knowledgeable in this area and I'm curious if you might be able to tell what year it's from
Jul 20Reply

wednesdayschild
@sloanek hey! I actually haven't seen that tag before! There's a formula you can use for the RN number, it's not exact but will give you the earliest date it could have been produced. For that tee the earliest date is 1983, some companies keep using the same RN number they were originally assigned when they went into business. Because its 100% cotton and made in Bangladesh I would learn towards early 90s. Probably safe to say it's 1985-1995 and true vintage 🤗
Jul 20Reply

sloanek
@wednesdayschild thank you so much!! I really appreciate the info. I figured it was true vintage because the tag doesn't look modern
Jul 20Reply

jennaschier
Thanks for these! Super helpful
Oct 07Reply

fabulousfindz
THANK YOU !!!!
Jun 30Reply

foundbyphil
How do you know that velva sheen one is vintage? "Velva Sheen Cincinnati Lettered Sportswear" with red text? I just instagrammed messaged the company (it was rebooted in like 2010) And they said they *Think* its a modern label. Just wanted to see if you have any input! Super helpful!
Mar 26Reply

dlgb1973
Thank you!
Jul 18Reply

fza13
Hey, 1st, thanks for posting these! Also, do you know what years the Sport-T by Stedman tags are generally (the one where 'Sport-T' is in red)?
Dec 25Reply

wednesdayschild
@fza13 i would guess 70s through maybe the early to mid 80s!
Jan 12Reply

fza13
@wednesdayschild yeah, I think that's what I found too... after asking you I went digging. Out of all the listings I could find, about half said it was an 80s shirt, and the 70s for the other half. Most didn't have any dates on the shirt print, and weren't shirts of things that I could check the date on, so 🤷. But thx for getting back!
Jan 13Reply
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