Monday 16 April 2012

FRESH FINDS!!!

Here is my first lot of fresh finds, these are my PICKS OF THE WEEK!!

Another week of going threw piles and piles and piles of generic fucking crap!! all to unearth these lost and forgotten treasures.

I LOVE MY JOB!!!

The light at the end of the tunnel.
Vintage 1960's 501 big E levis denim jeans.
Selvage, nice indigo wash, good wear, oh and BLOODY SIZE 50!!!!!!

The rarest of the lot, is this fantastic pair of mid to late 1940's OshKosh B'gosh denim overalls.
If anybody know's the correct term for this ''Elasticized'' threaded X feature on the back side of  the overalls,
I would be very grateful for the info.

Selvage in rear slip pockets.
''UGWA'' tag is still present in back pocket.
Really sweet rare 75% -25% 1970's well worn single colour print ringer t-shirt.
70's Hanes tag.
This is my favourite type of t-shirt graphic, so classic, timeless, simple, bold and very effective. 
Vintage 1970's champion blue bar ringer t-shirt.
Most probably around 1976, around the time of the ''Bicentennial''
No idea what ''OLY'' is. 
Rare to see in 50/50
 90% of blue bars are 100% cotton.
Really cool!!!
The ever collectable and desirable vintage 50/50 3/4 raglan sleeve Rolling Stones 1981 Dragon on stadium
concert t-shirt.

So sweet!!!

All for sale, contact me if interested, will all be up on the bay when i return from Mexico in a few weeks.

MORE TO COME SOON!!




Thursday 12 April 2012

TOKYO 2012



Kels, Me, D and Jess.
Tokyo fun times 2012 happy gang!!!
Awesome 1950's Lee Riders denim banner.
 1950's Harley ''brando'' cap
I wanted this 60's airbrush jacket so bad!!
It was to small...unlike the price.
 Berberjin
The best collection of vintage denim i have ever seen, MIND BLOWING!!!
There is a 20's STIFEL WABASH chore coat in there that i actually think might be
the best vintage piece i have ever seen, i also think i saw it in Hellers Cafe book, but can't be 100% sure.
I was only aloud to take 1 photo. 
As a whole, FAKE ALPHA was my favourite store, the taste of the store is right up my alley, it's the type of place
you could literally spend days in, making sure you have seen every last hand selected gem in there.
Beautiful collection. 
 I love the buddy lee dolls, i have a 1940's housemark in hickory stripe overalls and engineer cap, just like the one second from the right.
My goal is to have a wall much like this.
Fantastic collection.  
THE HOLY GRAIL OF BUDDY LEE'S!!!!
1920's football player Lee.
Massive want!!!!
My friend Satoshi, my vintage brother who was kind enough to show me all the groovy spots.
Thanks Satoshi!!!



Thursday 5 April 2012

So, everyday i dig through thousands of t-shirts, most days are average, every now and then though...

Top 5 favourite vintage band t-shirt finds.


5) 1984 SLAYER ''Haunting the chapel''

RARE!!!

4)  BIG DADDY CUM BUCKETS


3) KROKUS

One of a hand full of bands in the early 80's to rock the camo sleeve,  the IRON MAIDEN camo sleeve tee is the
holy grail!!

2) SWANS

NYC INDUSTRIAL LEGENDS
1980's Bootleg


1) DEAD KENNEDYS!!!!!!!!


THE BEST, RAREST EVER!!!


30's LEVIS.



Sadly, these jeans were cut, they were missing about 10cm of denim, but still, was stoked as hell!! when i found them.

Wednesday 4 April 2012

black tag GWG

Welome to DEAD UNION, thought id kick things off with a past find of mine. 1920's/30's extremely rare BLACK tag UNION MADE wings logo GWG A1 style leather jacket.