Any Fashion Person Will Love These 33 Cool Vintage Tees and Shirts
There's nothing quite like the thrill of coming across the perfect vintage T-shirt or shirt. While there's no shortage of options out there these days, the best vintage T-shirts set the bar for what your contemporary tee wants to be—it's irresistibly soft and broken-in and harnesses a cool factor inherent to finding a needle in a haystack. You probably already know that vintage T-shirts tend to be better quality too. Technically, anything vintage should be at least 20 years old, and if your tee was around when Britney Spears first crooned "…Baby One More Time" and is still in good shape, it can last you another 20 if you take care of it.
I grew up frequenting a special stretch of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles for vintage T-shirts and underwear that my mom should not have let me keep, but with all of the stellar options online today, I rarely have to leave my couch when I'm in the mood to shop secondhand. The majority of tees I've sourced in my roundup below are from trusted sources like Etsy, Vestiaire Collective, and Urban Outfitters, sites that I typically don't have to scour for long. If you don't have the patience to scroll even a little bit, I've also included a few new-but-vintage-like options that actually look vintage because there's nothing that drives me crazier than a new tee trying its hardest to have a patina.
From striped pocket tees à la Miu Miu to rugby button-downs and band tees, 33 enviable vintage shirts await.
I seriously contemplated buying this for myself. If it's gone by the time you read this… sorry.
Do yourself a favor and check out the back of this one.
A band tee that actually looks vintage for a fraction of the price.
I love that Urban Outfitters takes deadstock vintage items and reimagines them with its Urban Renewal line. This tie-dye baby tee is a must in my book.
If you're a Bode fan, I'll bet you've seen its panda T-shirt for 10 times the price of this little guy.
In a surprising twist, Abercrombie Fitch does a great vintage-impersonator shirt!
If you're not familiar, Pamela Anderson wore the long-sleeve version of this tee in an iconic '90s spread.
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