A (possibly vintage) classic

The other day, Bobby Hundreds posted a bunch of pictures of a friend’s “vintage collection of first generation, early ’90s streetwear shirts.” Putting aside any thoughts about the idea that something from the early 1990s now qualifies as “vintage,” I was interested to see the famous Freshjive Tide-riff T-shirt, which some say was the first of what’s since become a whole category of brand-“parody” shirts that twist a streetwear brand’s name into the graphic look of some other logo/style.

The guy’s collection is impressive. As I’ve said before, someone should do a book of streetwear T-shirts, along the lines of some of the sneaker books. (I keep saying this because I secretly want to write the introduction, but I don’t want to do any of the hard work of putting it together and finding a publisher and all that. Just for the record.)