80s Bacardi Rum Wanna Bat Bite Distressed t-shirt Medium

Chest 19.5 in.

Length 26 in.

Content: Feels like cotton blend

Tag Brand: No tag

This cool tee promotes Bacardi brand rum and playfully asks, "wanna bite?" The shirt is referring to a bat bite, a cocktail with two main ingredients: rum and cranberry juice, and in this case the tee specifically recommends using Ocean Spray cranberry juice. Initially founded in Cuba in 1862, Bacardi reigns as the largest family-owned spirits company in the world. For decades the company has been represented by their bat logo, which was inspired by a colony of fruit bats that was found living in the rafters of Bacardi's first ever distillery.

In the 80s, Bacardi worked with Ocean Spray to advertise the bat bite cocktail. They released merch like this tee, and purposefully pushed it during the Halloween season, using both the drink's name and blood red color to evoke thoughts of vampires. This also proved to be a clever marketing tactic for era, as movies like The Lost Boys, Fright Night, and Vamp painted 80s vampires as sexy young rebels.   

Fits like a modern unisex adult medium. This shirt is soft, thin, and distressed, see pics.






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