Monday, August 30, 2010

Vintage T-Shirts on Etsy.com

A recent search for "vintage tshirt" (in the clothing and accessories category) on eBay returned 130,561 results. Not only would this take about a day and a half to sift through, the quantity to quality ratio is very poor. Many "retro" or "distressed" items are included in eBay's results as well as "vintage style" and "replica" items. I consider myself a patient person, but by page 15 things can get a bit discouraging.

 The same search on Etsy.com returns 4,336 results (as of this posting) and by page 4, I have already spotted 4 items that I wouldn't mind making my own - if the house payment weren't due on Tuesday.

Here are a few of my personal favorites: