Buzz Rickson’s U. S. Air Corps Airacuda Tee Shirt, Golden-Orange
BLOWOUT SALE - $20.00 off retail price of $55.50 until supply is exhausted!
We are very excited to offer this vintage tee-shirt graphic featuring the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda. The Airacuda was one of the most intriguing, attractive, innovative fighter planes of the 1930's; while less than 20 were produced, it was highly trumpeted and published at the time, though graphics on tee shirts, pillow shams, and matchbooks are all but non-existant today. Even the better vintage-aircraft aficionados will likely be stumped when you wear this tee shirt!
Buzz Rickson's tee shirts take us back to when tee shirts were not moo-moo dresses outfitted with short sleeves that flirt with our elbows; rather, these are vintage-style tee shirts of the 1930's - 1970's that are trim fitting, shorter in the body length, and with quarter-length sleeves.
The original tee shirts were made on “body-size” looms which yield a shirt with no side seams, thus weaving a perfect tube. To do this requires special looms that are only used by specialist manufacturers these days; subsequently, the looms are hard to source and expensive to produce garments on because you need one loom for each size you want made - but it's the proper way to make a vintage-style tee shirt, and it's the only way they were made in the 1930's - ‘70's.
The expertise for making such a garment is largely only found in one place in the world these days - Japan. The Japanese have become renowned as world experts in vintage-style garment manufacture and home of body-size construction, being able to produce super-accurate, vintage-quality fabrics.
These tee shirts are made of a robust cotton, heavier than typical undershirts, and the cotton is washed for a softer hand, a vintage look, and to eliminate guesswork in fit vis-a-vis shrinkage.
Available in sizes Sm - XXL. Please see our SIZING TIPS for advice on how to get the correct fit.
Imported from Japan
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Buzz Rickson’s U. S. Air Corps Airacuda Tee Shirt, White
BLOWOUT SALE - $20.00 off retail price until supply is exhausted!
We are very excited to offer this vintage tee-shirt graphic featuring the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda. The Airacuda was one of the most intriguing, attractive, innovative fighter planes of the 1930's; while less than 20 were produced, it was highly trumpeted and published at the time, though graphics on tee shirts, pillow shams, and matchbooks are all but non-existant today. Even the better vintage-aircraft aficionados will likely be stumped when you wear this tee shirt!
Buzz Rickson's tee shirts take us back to when tee shirts were not moo-moo dresses outfitted with short sleeves that flirt with our elbows; rather, these are vintage-style tee shirts of the 1930's - 1970's that are trim fitting, shorter in the body length, and with quarter-length sleeves.
The original tee shirts were made on “body-size” looms which yield a shirt with no side seams, thus weaving a perfect tube. To do this requires special looms that are only used by specialist manufacturers these days; subsequently, the looms are hard to source and expensive to produce garments on because you need one loom for each size you want made - but it's the proper way to make a vintage-style tee shirt, and it's the only way they were made in the 1930's - ‘70's.
The expertise for making such a garment is largely only found in one place in the world these days - Japan. The Japanese have become renowned as world experts in vintage-style garment manufacture and home of body-size construction, being able to produce super-accurate, vintage-quality fabrics.
These tee shirts are made of a robust cotton, heavier than typical undershirts, and the cotton is washed for a softer hand, a vintage look, and to eliminate guesswork in fit vis-a-vis shrinkage.
Available in sizes Sm - XXL. Please see our SIZING TIPS for advice on how to get the correct fit.
Imported from Japan
Click for Information and Photos
