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January 12, 2016

Posted in david bowie, the captains vintage, tshirt tuesday, vintage t-shirt, vintage tshirts

T-SHIRT TUESDAY - Bowie on T-shirts, T-Shirts on Bowie

Just like the rest of the world, we're mourning the loss and celebrating the life and work of David Bowie this week. Last night I listened to a rebroadcast of an interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross from 2002, in which Bowie spoke candidly about leaving characters in his songs, his love of Tibetan horns, and his childhood desire to write musicals and play saxophone in Little Richard's band. He also touched on why he never wore t-shirts and jeans onstage...

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September 01, 2015

Posted in 1970s, 1980s, art garfunkle, cal naughton jr, david bowie, david foster wallace, formal attire, party attire, revenge of the nerds, t-shirt tuesday, talladega nights, the captains vintage, the simpsons, tuxedo t-shirt, tuxedo t-shirts in history, vintage t-shirts

T-SHIRT TUESDAY - The Tuxedo T-Shirt

Today I bring you a sweet new arrival (above) and some of our favorite tuxedo t-shirt moments in history. Why do we love this ingenious garment so? 'Cause it's been solving the wardrobe problem, to quote Cal Naughton, Jr. in Talladega Nights, "I wanna be formal, but I'm here to party, too", since the 1970s...

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