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🗳 VOTE BELOW — Comment your pick (2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣...)

Grails Gone Wild — our weekly showcase of the best vintage tees from the vintage community.

Which set of tees takes it this week?

We’ve teamed up with @thevintageawards to bring even more of the community into the spotlight. This means a much wider selection of tees and more votes! 

But first…

Here's last week's tally of the single-tee votes:

🥇 14 → 16 votes  (@nichtmulti)

🥈 16 → 13 votes (@cheapthrillsvtg_ny)

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🥉 9 → 10 votes (@susmit.vtg)

4️⃣ 11 → 10 votes (@segentees)

5️⃣ 17 → 7 votes (@thegreatestrocknrollcollection)

📌 Want in? Tag us (@defunkd) on the tee. Or post your finds in Show & Tell in the Defunkd forum, or Discord (links in bio!)

⚠️ Think you spotted a fake? Call it out — we’ll help the user verify in our forum. We appreciate the community's collective power to help ID counterfeits in this environment, as we are a small team.

❌ Please see our new policy regarding legit checks on slide 19 and the removal of items flagged as counterfeit. 

🗳 Vote. Defend your pick. Call out potential fakes.

#fightclub #nirvana #typeonegative #vintagetshirts
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@thrift_con Day 1 in Denver was a blast, shoutout to everyone who attended and a special shoutout to the TC team & all the vendors that make this event great🤠⛰️
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🗳 VOTE BELOW — Comment your pick (2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣...)

Grails Gone Wild — our weekly showcase of the best vintage tees from the vintage community.

Which set of tees takes it this week?

We’ve teamed up with @thevintageawards to bring even more of the community into the spotlight. This means a much wider selection of tees and more votes! 

But first…

Here's last week's tally of singles votes:

🥇  17 → 18 votes (@plangitee_)
🥈  12 → 17 votes (@rhythme___)

Honorable Mentions:

18 → 16 votes (@rakalvintagestore)

15 → 10 votes (@shop.handbook)

4 → 6 votes (@sundancekidstudio)

📌 Want in? Tag us (@defunkd, @thevintageawards) on the tee. Or post your finds in Show & Tell in the Defunkd forum, or Discord (links in bio!)

⚠️ Think you spotted a fake? Call it out — we’ll help verify.

🗳 Vote. Defend your pick.

#SonicYouth #BruceWeber #RHCP #AphexTwin #VintageTShirts
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What started as a simple wanted ad turned into a two-hour conversation in a garage full of memories. 🕰️📦

When @insightfulfinds (Kevin) put out an ad looking to buy old clothes, a woman named Val answered. Turns out, from 1973 to 1982, she was a Playboy Bunny — and the shirts she saved came with stories you couldn’t put a price tag on. 🐰✨

“She was expecting me to just buy the shirts and leave, but I ended up sitting with her in her garage for two hours,” Kevin said. “Seeing her relive it through her eyes, she was just so happy to talk about it.”

It’s a good reminder: if you’re buying tees from the OG owner, ask questions. Ask where they got it, what they were doing when they wore it, and what that time in their life looked like. Sometimes the stories end up being better than the shirts themselves. 👕❤️

“To be able to sit down and talk with this lady, it was really cool. The story behind the shirts made it way cooler for me.”

In a world full of off-the-back challenges and speed-run deals, seeing young dealers genuinely interested in the history behind the shirts feels like a refreshing change. 🙌

📣BIG shout to @thrift_con for originally highlighting this story and always showcasing the positive parts of this community. 🤝

#playboy #playboybunny #vintagephotos #vintagetshirts #vintagetees
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