I genuinely dislike posting about when clothing companies cease to exist, it would just be so much nicer if every t-shirt company (that I like) existed forever in one form or another, but unfortunately most t-shirt companies aren’t too big to fail, and their passing only has an effect on those of us that liked wearing their tees. I did like wearing Vintage Vantage’s tees, because they were damn soft, but I can only assume that not enough people were aware of the quality product they were putting out, because if you bought one of their shirts you’d be likely to buy another.
Still, they’ve got stock to shift and you guys may want to take it off their hands, especially with most of their shirts on half price or less.
I like this design, in fact, I like it enough that I don’t want anyone to tell me what the Japanese writing says, because I get the feeling that the cheeky chappies at Vintage Vantage may have made it something naughty. If I remember correctly, you can get 20-something percent off your order at Vintage Vantage with the coupon code hideyourarms, but if that doesn’t work, I got a tip that you can get 33% off (which is clearly superior to my code) with the code facebook.
Costiness=$19.50 Buy it at Vintage Vantage
by Andy on February 23, 2010
I really like the simplicity of this design, and the stark use of ‘science’ with nothing esle to contextualise it does raise a smile. Unfortunately the tee is only available in size XL in green and size small in black, though looking at the sales of the HYA tee, most of you guys are those sizes anyway.
Costiness=$19.50 Buy it at Vintage Vantage
by Andy on October 2, 2008
![vintagevantage6 480x360 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage6-480x360.jpg "vintagevantage6")
I can tick off another aspect of my t-shirt collection, no one had ever sent me a t-shirt with glow in the dark ink on it, so when I was offered another review sample from the gang over at Vintage Vantage I thought I’d indulge my love of clothing that
glows and
lights up by asking for to send over their design with glow in the dark ink on it, which is appropriately called ‘Glow in the Dark.’
![glow Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/glow.gif "glow")
I wore this last Saturday night, and I got at least four comments from the people I was out with (all girls – that’s how I roll!) asking whether it actually glowed in the dark. I assured them it did, but that we’d need to go somewhere pitch black for them to be able to see it properly, needless to say, my ladies can’t be tricked by such lines and I went home alone that evening!
It does glow in the dark though, as the .gif below attests, but the effect isn’t that dramatic, as is often the case with glow in the dark clothing, you actually do need to be in near-complete darkness for the effect to be good and clear. I had thought that it might be quite funny if a t-shirt that has “glow in the dark” written on it didn’t actually glow in the dark, just because of the way that the tee would set you up for something that may or may not exist.
![vintagevantage2 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage2.jpg "vintagevantage2")
Vintage Vantage have a pretty decent knack for creating a a tee which feels as if it might be many years old, that is to say, they do achieve their aims in attempting to create a tee with a vintage look and feel. The cut of their tees is good too, at a guess I’d say that they’re about as wide as an American Apparel tee, but maybe an inch to an inch and a half shorter, which is a better fit for me personally as I sometimes find that AA tees can run a little bit long. The print quality feels great, I can’t really tell the difference between a regular print from Vintage Vantage and this glow in the dark ink, but since I’ve never had a glowing tee before I don’t know if there should actually be a difference, either way, it feels good.
Costiness=$22.50 Buy it from Vintage Vantage
by Andy on September 11, 2008
Y’know, you leave a company alone for a few months and the next time you check in they’ve gone and had a facelift, its like when you see a girl you know from high school that has become almost inexplicably hot (not that Vintage Vantage was an uggo to start with). They’ve also got a load of new tees for you to enjoy (only a few of which are in the above gallery), some of which don’t seem all that vintage in their style, although perhaps ‘vintage’ style has pervaded society so completely that their designs are vintage, and I just can’t tell anymore.
Vintage Vantage
Here’s a surprising change in direction,
RandomShirts, whose back catalogue largely consists of single-colour pun-based tees, have released their summer line, and there’s not a pun amongst the bunch!
In fact, they seem to have gone for a self-motivation theme, but I would suspect that its ironic self-motivation, so that’s alright. When I look at the designs, I can’t help but be reminded of Vintage Vantage, is anyone else getting that feeling? I guess that’s just because they’re both retro-styled, and the way that the characters look like they’re straight out of a 70s school textbook.
In another change for RandomShirts, the new designs are being printed on American Apparel tees.
Randomshirts
![vintagevantage6 480x360 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage6.jpg "vintagevantage6")
![vintagevantage1 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage1-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage1")
![vintagevantage2 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage2-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage2")
![vintagevantage3 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage3-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage3")
![vintagevantage4 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage4-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage4")
![vintagevantage5 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage5-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage5")
![vintagevantage6 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vintagevantage6-150x150.jpg "vintagevantage6")
![glow 150x150 Glow in the Dark by Vintage Vantage [Review]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/glow-150x150.gif "glow")
