hummels vs. hummers

these two shirts are so similar, yet so different.

which do you prefer?

hummers

hummels

nancy prefers hummels.

Pennsylvania Love

If you or someone you know loves the Keystone State, here's the etsy treasury for you.

Pennsylvania Love Treasury by Kokoba (featuring SHV Altoona shirt).

Stock Room - Rainbow Order

A view into the Skippy Haha Vintage stock room. It's in the basement but it has windows. And paneling from the 70s. And work tables and shelves and a globe bulb in the ceiling. I love it.

Rainbow order is the easiest way I've come up with to keep track of vintage t-shirts.

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patty's Day is right around the corner. You don't have to be the World's Greatest Irish Grandma to get your green on.

So many vintage 70's and 80's options to choose from and spill beer onto. T-shirts, polo golf shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, jogging shorts...you name it.

Check them all out here: tons of sweet green clothes

Cheers! Sláinte!

Behind the T-shirt: Al Jo's Lounge, Preston Idaho

Here's a sweet piece of American film history: a t-shirt from Al Jo's lounge in Preston, Idaho featuring the Schlitz malt liquor bull.

Where the hell is Preston Idaho?

via wikipedia:

Much of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite was shot in the city of Preston, including Preston High School. Several area landmarks can be seen throughout the film. Preston is the home of the film's creators, Jared and Jerusha Hess, Preston being where Jared went to high school.

For several years, the city held a "Napoleon Dynamite Festival" in the summer. There were many movie-themed events such as: Tetherball Tournament, Tater Tot Eating Contest, Moon Boot Dance, Impersonation, Look-A-Like Contest, Football Throwing Contest, and more.

In 2004 there was a single day event that drew about 300 people and raised $1,500 for the Preston School District. In 2005 an estimated 6,000 people attended the event, but that number dropped to an estimated 400 in 2006. The 2007 and 2008 event was held along with the 'That Famous Preston Night Rodeo' in Preston, but there are no future plans for the event.

Do the chickens have large talons?

levis shearling denim vest in a treasury

Skippy Haha Vintage sherpa jean vest is featured in the new Levi's Strauss & Co. Treasury by NateFullerArt on Etsy.

Treasury here: Levis Strauss & Co.

Check out these amazing 60's Levi's surfer man clogs! Never seen anything like 'em.

Vest listing here.

Perfect for rockstars. And cowboys. And rockstar cowboys.

smithsonian sweatshirt & polar bears show

last week i found a sweet crew neck smithsonian 1981 sweatshirt. classic heathered gray, raglan chain stitching sleeves. nerd chic. history buff. smarty pants.

coincidentally, there's an awesome special on the smithsonian channel this week called polar bears on thin ice.

i have no idea how the cameramen could get so close to the polar bears, seals, walruses, greenland sharks, without being attacked but the footage is incredible.

one mama polar bear has triplet cubs, which is unusual, they normally only have 1 or 2 pups at a time. there isn't enough food for all three, so there's one 'frail pup' who is half the size of his brothers and still pink and rides on his mama piggyback style and squeals and whines. it's the cutest thing i've ever seen on tv.

check out the video here:




more on the show here: polar bear: living on thin ice

let's all go to hojo's!

A Skippy Haha Vintage shirt is featured in this clever new etsy treasury.

Let's All Go to Hojo's!

free shirts, ligers

yes! another fun post in the 'free shirts for bloggers' series has arrived.

john is a long-time vintage t-shirt lover, and has a sweet blog where he documents his sweet life in seattle. he compares skippy haha vintage with the montgomery flea market - it's just like, it's just like, a mini-mall! mega fun! 

check out his post here.

fiesta san antonio

The Skippy Haha Vintage "Fiesta San Antonio" glitter rainbow t-shirt is featured in an interesting new Etsy Treasury called...wait for it...San Antonio.

Check it out here: San Antonio Treasury