Now or Never! Closing for good on Dec 3

Time to say goodbye - for real this time. Next Friday (Dec 3) is the last day to order Vintage Vantage t-shirts off the world wide innernets. Ever. We'll have all the orders shipped out by the following Friday (December 10) so you'll be sure to have your shirts by Christmas. Please note that if we don't have a shirt you ordered in stock, we will either send you two shirts in the same size, or send you a refund - you'll have a chance to choose between these two options on the checkout page. We'll be providing tracking numbers and answering emails and everything through the end of December and beyond.

So get those final orders in! Everything on the site is ridiculously cheap - one last Vintage Vantage Christmas-time mega-sale for old times sake. We're going to miss you guys.

Love,
John, Heather, James & Emily

(& Matt & Socky & Tim & Anne & Spencer & Greg & Cam & Robert & Brian & Tom & Lizz & Kevin & everybody else who's made this beautifully janky operation run a little smoother over the years)

Last Chance Sale!

So, guess what? We've still got t-shirts! And now, they're even cheaper. All mens shirts are only $6.50! All womens shirts are only $5! And all our blank shirts are only $2.50 each! That's just stupid cheap.

Please note though - because we've been running out of styles and sizes so quickly, we aren't going to be able to offer exchanges on any orders going forward. Instead, if for some reason we don't have a particular shirt you ordered here at the warehouse, we will give you the option to receive a refund or to receive two replacement shirts in the same size for each missing shirt. Two shirts for the price of one! We will try our best to match the color and general vibe of the shirt you ordered - we promise to send you some cool ones! The vast majority of orders will be filled correctly, but we just don't have the manpower over here to handle exchanges at this point. We'll still be answering emails, providing tracking numbers, stalking you on facebook, all that stuff.

Big thanks to everybody who has placed orders and sent us goodbye messages over the last few months - we love you guys.

Adios, Amigos!

Well folks, we have some good news and some bad news.

First the bad news - after 9 years of bringing you the softest, freshest t-shirts known to mankind, Vintage Vantage is closing down. Blame the economy, blame change, blame us for not being better cutthroat business people. It's a sad thing, but we're looking ahead to new positive ventures, and hope you are too.

Now the good news - everything must go! All of our shirts are deeply on sale, half price discounts or more, right here for the next month or until they're all sold out. We won't be printing any more of these, so it's now or never.

Thank you so much for being here, it's been a crazy fun decade. May you always be wearing your favorite shirt.

Love,
John, Heather, James and Emily

VV in the Wild # 36

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.

First up is from somewhere in what looks like Asia next to a giant inflatable sleeping woman or fish, there is a streetfight with Alex "Noble" E. and a friend, one of whom is wearing "Mis Pantalones Estan En Fuego" t-shirt. Joyous!

Next we have a shot of Dan, propositioning a local Jordanian woman to siesta con him.  Taken at an amphitheater in Petra, Jordan.


Wild! Free shirts! Yay!

Email Customer Service Guru James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot communist to redeem your prizes!

VV in the Wild #35

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.




First up is from High Sierra Music Festival which took place in California last weekend. Nathan Moore, brilliant wordsmith and talented troubadour but Not a Real Doctor performs with Surprise Me Mr. Davis.













Next we have a photo from B-bo in San Francisco, who shared this: "Corbin just left Mc Danny O'Coyles on lower Haight and was excited after the World Cup win. I got Hillary to pose with my vuvuzela."





Wild! Free shirts! Yay!

Email Customer Service Guru James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot communist to redeem your prizes!

GOT THE DAY OFF

by William O. Johnson, Poetry of a Father, Lover & Friend

I got the day off and the house is so very quiet.
I got the day off and I can sleep as long as I'd like.
I got the day off and all of my friends have to go to work.

I sit out front and watch my neighbors go to work.
I got the day off.

I'm going to eat all the junk food in the house.
I got the day off.

I can watch as much TV as I want.
I got the day off.

I don't have a care in this world.
I got the day off.

The sun is shining bright, my glass of tea is cold and my
sandwich is stacked just right.
I got the day off.

My schedule is wide open, no one here to pester me, and
there are more snacks to be opened.
I got the day off.

I can't stop smiling, I'm going to listen to some music and
imagine I'm on an island.
I got the day off.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

VV in the Wild # 34

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.




First up is from B-Lazer's 4th of July Party in San Diego. Dr. T is (out of print) Life Coaching Wheels who holds a Carolina blue penis ice luge, while Tally, Grace, and Riley eat ice.











Furthermore, Percida spotted a Vintage Vantage "Don't Tell My Mom" shirt at a rave in NYC. Hardcore!








Wild! Free shirts! Yay!

Email Customer Service Guru James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot communist to redeem your prizes!

Happy 4th of July!

Now's a good time to take this excellent advice.

VV in the Wild #33

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.




First up is Dawn in Dublin wearing Vintage Vantage Smile if You're Gay t-shirt. She's with her friend Julie and they are puuuumped to see Fall Out Boy.
















Next up is from Wendy in NYC: Spotted Vintage Vantage Waking Up Early Is for the Birds tee in the stoop in the BX...It's Jessica from Queens searching for something! Probably worms!














Wild! Free shirts! Yay!

Email Customer Service Guru James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot communist to redeem your prizes!

Spotlight on a Top Shelfer - National Rose Month Edition

Every rose has its thorn. Just like every night has its daaaawn.

Tag: screen stars

Era: 80s

Fabric: 50-50

Size reads: M, fits like S

Measures: 17 inches across the chest, 25 inches back collar to hem

Colors: light blue shirt with pink and green rose bouquet 51% Sweetheart, 49% Bitch print

Condition: great vintage shape, soft and thin, stretchy and smooth

For reference, Mon Belle over there is 5-4, and don't say she didn't warn you.

Link to the shirt here.

VV in the Wild #32

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.



First up is a Vintage Vantage Smile if You're Gay t-shirt spotted by Amanda at WaterTaxi-Long Island City...This is with the infamous DJ Little Louie Vega.











Next up is Shiny Blue Craig sporting a Cooperation shirt and feeling the love.


















Last but not least, Tanner wears his Science shirt and blinded me with it.

Happy Papa's Day!

For all you've done, and do, and will do, Vintage Vantage thanks the fathers of the world.

Now quit messing around and make me a sandwich.

Mucha Mega 6-Way Throwdown - WINNER!

Voting is over and we have a clear winner. Despite an impressive late-game run by Abraham the Magnificent and his Bearded Bunny, the hands down favorite of the June Throwdown is....

POLITE AS FUCK!

It will be on sale for $12 for the next week.

Mind your fucking manners and check it out.

VV in the Wild #31

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.



First up is Danny G. who loves his HUG shirt and loves its universal principal. Danny is in the Golden Gate Men's Chorus.









Next we have a series of 6 photos from Lindsey B.





First is a photo of these Cambodian cuties hustlin' flowers and bracelets inside the temples of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. They have Player of the Game and We Be Illin shirts.












Next is Brian G. in Your Mother's an Astronaut while watching the Avett Brothers New Years Eve in Asheville, NC.














And here's Allyn in a train in Thailand in her Love Your Peeps shirt.



















Here you will find Niko Daoussis from the Bucky Walters and String Bean in Nashville, TN. Niko is wearing "I See You Baby (Shakin that Ass)."
















Here's another of Niko and Dolly, also in Nashville.












Last but not least is Kaleb Duncan from the Bucky Walters at DelFest in Cumberland, MD. Kaleb is wearing a Technology t-shirt.



Thanks kids! Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot cahm to redeem your prizes!

Mucha Mega 6-Way Throwdown!

We have SIX, count 'em, SIX new shirts out this week! The winner of the poll will be on sale for a mere $12 next week. Vote away!

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VV in the Wild #30

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.


First up is Yevgenya and her fertile friend rejoicing in her (out of print) "At Least I'm Not Pregnant" t-shirt while partying down in Providence, RI.













And next we have Ryan Stasik from Umphrey's McGee at Summer Camp music festival in Illinois last weekend. He is Sorry About Your Goldfish and happy about early morning kickball.

(photo via Spady Photography)

Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot cahm to redeem your prizes!

Canadian Celebrity Free Shirt Contest - WINNER

You people are FUNNY. Thanks for all the replies to the Favorite Canadian Celebrity Contest, the response was overwhelming, informative, and inspirational. But every contest needs a winner, and this contest's winner is....

ALLEN PARK!

We cannot argue with his thorough and heartfelt reply on VV Facebook:

Steve Nash. Name me one other non-hockey playing Canuck who can not only take an inadvertent headbutt to his nose in the middle of a game, but have his nose broken as a result, and rearrange it back into place, with his own two hands, between free throws right in the middle of the damned game.

Allen, email James over at vintagevantage at hotmail dot commie to redeem your prize.

Thanks for playing everybody! Maple syrup shots all around!

Free Shirt - Canadian Celebrity Edition

We know it's hard to narrow it down, but who is your favorite Canadian Celebrity, and why?

Answer in the comments, we'll pick a winner on Thursday, and you get any Vintage Vantage t-shirt you should so desire for FREE.

VV in the Wild #29

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.


First up is a naked green man that Bowie spotted assvertising a Vintage Vantage sticker during Bay to Breakers!











And next we have a Zach Gill from ALO wearing an old school Mini Van Mega Fun shirt at a recent Philadelphia show as seen by el Phreak.








Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot cahm to redeem your prizes!

VV in the Wild #28

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.


First up are some furry wild animales that Bowie spotted sporting a Vintage Vantage sticker during Bay to Breakers!









And next we have a happy young lad Smiling if You're Gay (out of print) spotted by Emily on his way to Dolores Park.
















Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail dot cahm to redeem your prizes!

Tea Leaf Green Shirts & New Album

Our friends in the San Francisco rock band Tea Leaf Green are putting out their first studio album since 2008. Filled with insightful lyrics and masterful music, well-loved rockers, ballads, and jams, Looking West is set to be released on June 8th and will be available on itunes, in the band's online store, and at all their upcoming shows. Listen to a preview here.

Vintage Vantage helped produce 3 new t-shirts for the band - Moonshine, Jezebel, and Just Like Me - and they will be printed on the fresh, soft VV shirts you know and love. Pre-order yours here.

The cover art and t-shirt designs were done by guitarist Josh Clark.

Triple Throwdown WINNER = SALE!

The votes are in, the people have spoken, you have spoken.


The winner of the last Triple Throwdown is...


FREAKIN MIND READER!


It will be on sale for $12 for the next week.


Telepaths unite!

33 Pictures Caught at the Exact Right Moment

Photography is being in the right place at the right time, and clicking.

Here's a fun gallery of photos taken at the perfect moment.

(via Chicago Now)

Rancho Fresco - Foreign Market teaser

Hang on to your sombreros, Rancho Fresco is a fresh new web series loosely based on Vintage Vantage.

CHEESEBURGER TRAFFIC BASEBALL!

Check it out!

Teaser video here.

Rancho Fresco Blog

Rancho Fresco Twitter

Rancho Fresco Facebook

Rancho Fresco - Foreign Market VIDEO

Celebrities in VV - Big Light

Here we have a slightly trippy photo featuring all 4 members of the superfresh critically acclaimed SF band Big Light sporting some form of Vintage Vantage on their chests.

(L-R): Bradly Bifulco (drums) in "You've Been Warned"

Fred Torphy (guitar/leading vox) in "We Should Wrestle"

Steve "the Executive" Adams (bass/backup vox) in the exclusive rare Big Light "Triceratops" shirt (available at the merch table at their shows)

and Jeremy Korpas (guitar) in "Punch Bowls Not Kids"

Get thee to a Big Light show this summer.

Happy Mother's Day! shirts on Sale

Get Mom what she's always wanted this year - her very own super soft and stretchy Happy Mother's Day shirt.

On sale this week for a mere $12.

Men's. Red Hot Mama's.

Also on sale for $12 this week and related to Moms:

Don't Tell My Mom

Bastard Love Child

Your Mother's an Astronaut

Thanks Moms!

VV In a Scurvy PSA

Sean spotted a Vintage Vantage "Show Me Jazz Hands" t-shirt in this super informative short video celebrating May 2, National Scurvy Awareness Day.

He's still white as a Saltine cracker, but his gums stopped bleeding.

Limey lime limes!

Video here.

Shirt here.

More scurvy information here - limestrong.com

VV in a Scurvy PSA (Video)

VV in the Wild #27

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.



First up is a dude spotted by Brian B. in Sparkey's San Francisco asking for squeezes by the jukebox. Guten Morgen!















Next is a handsome young gent spotted by Tanis wearing an "I Have Reservations" shirt in a mall of some kind. Shop til you drop.






















Next we see Joe A. rocking the "I Have Feelings Too" v-neck while on vacation on the streets of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Suave!










Finally we have Nick making nice with a fine young thing on the dance floor in a "Blink if You Love Me" shirt. Who could possibly resist?









Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail daht cahm to redeem your prizes!

Triple Throwdown!

Are we having another throwdown, already? You bet your bare donkey we are. This week you get to choose between Posies, Mind Reader, and the letter L. Vote for your favorite after the jump - the winner goes on sale for twelve bucks.

VV in the Wild #26

Some more entries for VV in the Wild free t-shirt giveaway have arrived, and they're muy muchas fantasticos.

The deal is - you send us a photo of Vintage Vantage stickers or shirts you've spotted in real life. We post it on the blog. You pick out a shirt and send us your address. We send you a free shirt. Everybody smiles and dances.



First up we have Dr. T, Boxcars, SJK, and Wheels Chipotle covered in mud in southern California. They participated in a race, and their silver-tone medals prove they came in second place. SJK and Wheels are wearing VV - the Army shirt, and the out of print "SLOVEnians Are Full of It" shirt.













Next we see the Mappy Camper hiking the Central Coast of California in her awesomely deconstructed out-of-print Norwegian Wood - "Es Muy Unkickable" kickball shirt. See what you can do with a lick of creativity and a pair of scissors? That's fashion, kids!









Wild! Free shirts! Hooray!

Email James at vintagevantage at hotmail daht cahm to redeem your prizes!

4 - Way Throwdown: WINNER!

Last week we posted a poll to pick your favorite of 4 new shirts.


You came, you saw, you voted.

You voted most for NOT A REAL DOCTOR!

It'll be on sale for $12 for the next week.

Men's and Women's.

Now turn your head and cough.