Wrangler Wrange Coat - made from Yellow Labs?

During the glorious 1970's, Wrangler produced a studly though punny jean jacket called the Wrangler Wrange Coat.

Perfect for ropin' doggies, mending fences, and building campfires.

It's fully lined with soft, machine washable, faux sheepskin acrylic fleece. 

It is thick and warm and looks like sheepskin, but it is not.

It also looks like damp yellow Labradorskin, but it is not.

Click here to check out the faux yellow lab cowboy jacket!

Behind the T-shirt: Tillie the All Time Teller

Florida National Banks' Tillie says, "I'll make your life easier."

Who is Tillie?

She's the ATM.

photo via Wells Fargo

(via Wells Fargo History Blog: Tillie the All Time Teller)

First National Bank of Atlanta  was concerned that the relatively new automated teller machine (ATM) it introduced in 1974 would appear cold and difficult to use.

In those days, customers were accustomed to walking inside a bank and chatting with a pleasant teller. So First National named their ATM “Tillie the All Time Teller,” and put the face of a smiling blonde girl on the front of the machine. “Tillie” looked inviting to customers and suggested that the machine was highly user-friendly.

 Did it work? In a word, yes. Tillie launched one of the most successful ATM systems in the banking industry.

This particular shirt says "GO GATORS" on the back. Yay unnecessary punctuation!

Available here from Etsy.  Here from Defunkd for a few dollars less!

What the Flock...and Stencil

Sometimes I find blank vintage t-shirts and sweatshirts.

Sometimes I iron flock letters onto them.

I just started printing some with vintage stencils.

THAT BITE WAS BIG.

This story behind this shirt begins with a 4 year old girl by a campfire.

She had a s'more.

Her uncle asked for a bite.

She hesitantly agreed.

He took a bite.

She yelled, "THAT BITE WAS BIG!"

(tears)
[end]

Shirt for sale here.

Colors of the Vintage Rainbow

I store items in rainbow order. I sell items in rainbow order. I know the vintage rainbow backwards and forwards. Forget ROY G. BIV, there are at least 17 colors in the vintage rainbow!

 WHITE

BLACK 

GRAY

BROWN

PURPLE

NAVY

 ROYAL

CAROLINA

TEAL

KELLY

LEMON

GOLD

ORANGE

RED

PINK

MAROON

IVORY

(repeat)

Llama Lovers!

Llamas are fun! They're like little party camels.

How about an 80's travel mug (with lid) from the Camp Daniel Boone Llama Treks?

Or maybe a totally rockstar 70's front-tie sweater vest with Llamas all over it?

Vibrant orange and brown stripe hooded sweater with Llamas and POM-POM tie?

Don't forget to brush your Llama's teeth! Taboot taboot.
("Me and my Llama" Sesame Street song)

Behind the T-Shirt: Grateful Dead Summer Tour 1985

The Grateful Dead 1985 Summer Tour was called "Twenty Years So Far." The art for the tour was by Rick Griffin and features a American flag waving and a skeleton soldier holding a guitar instead of a gun.

Live Music Archive - free stream:  Grateful Dead Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 1985-06-30 (June 30, 1985)

I can put it no better than internet music reviewer "fuzzyjenkins" -

Subject: Unbelievable Shakedown! A lot of Deadhead rag on 85 more than any other year. Especially the 70's Head's. Well those guys have never heard this show. This show is absolutely incredible. The second set smokes from cover to cover. Just unbelievable. And though the Shakedown is no doubt the best version ever, the rest of the set is just a reflection of how the boys felt this night. They played Gimme som Lovin in the middle of the second set for crying out loud. He's Gone into Cryptical. All very focused and smoking hot. I lover this show. Not too mention any show that opens with 1/2 Step, you'd better look out.

The shirt for sale on Defunkd.

The shirt for sale on Etsy.

A Look Inside the Skippy Haha Vintage Warehouse

when you are offering 1000+ completely different items for sale, how can you keep them organized for easy retrieval?

my preference is by color - rainbow order!

on the left are the golf shirts, sweatshirts, and sweaters.

on the right are t-shirts.

roll-up bamboo shades keep the sun from fading, and dust from settling.  in front of, between, and behind all piles are cedar blocks for fresh scent and insect repelling.

puffy jackets are hanging under the rainbow sheets on the right. 

i have another closet upstairs dedicated to windbreakers, track jackets, and western button down shirts.

i spent 5 years of my adolescence working at a gap kids store - if there's one thing i can do it is fold a shirt into a regular rectangular shape!