Hermosa Vintage

Hasta la vista Blogger!

2009-12-17T16:12:00.000-08:00

Moved this blog to Wordpress: http://www.hermosavintage.com
Blogger is such crap! Abandonware from google! blah!

Lollapalooza, 1991

2009-11-04T00:58:00.001-08:00

First one ever!

2009-11-03T22:17:00.000-08:00

From an old club med shirt. Would make an excellent wallpaper.

GOTTA HAVE FAITH

2009-06-17T01:04:00.000-07:00

Too cool for shoes! Faith Tour 1998 T-shirt. Purchased in Santa Monica ($1.99) Sold for $29.95 on 25 May .

GO BRUINS!

2009-06-16T01:09:00.000-07:00

Nice Bruins Baskeball uniform by W.A. Goodman & Sons. Circa early 1980s I am guessing (short shorts). Vintage Goodman & Sons jerseys are not uncommon in Southern California thrifts. Miraculously the Jersey and Shorts were not seperated during their Van Nuys thrift store odyssey and has now found a place in the home of a collector for the nice price of $191.38

PASS THE WORD! THUNDERBIRD!

2009-03-17T22:34:00.000-07:00

Never tried this particular bumwine. But during my days of youthful indiscretion, I've tried one or two others. It's effects are not like a normal drink, and range from simply blacking out, to After School Special on the dangers of PCP style behavior.

Found in a Van Nuys thrift, and judging by the tag I'd say dating from late 1980's. After watching the video below, I realized I let this one go waaay too cheap. Bumwine.com has a great history of Thunderbird here.

ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK

2009-03-11T23:06:00.000-07:00

Ah Elvira! Queen of 80's late night TV B-Movie schlock, and pre-pubescent fantasy girl of many a 1980s era boys. She lives on forever in thrift stores throughout LA in the form of VHS tapes, plastic tchotkes, and this awesome t-shirt. I'd guess this dates from the early 80's judging by the blue SCREEN-STARS tag.

VINTAGE B-2 STEALTH BOMBER T-SHIRT

2009-03-11T01:24:00.000-07:00

I like to imagine this t-shirt was smuggled from a top-secret, Skunk Works installation deep beneath the Mojave Desert and somehow ended up at the Redondo Beach thrift store I scored it at. Judging by the psychedelic graphics I'd guess the guys on the USAF/NORTHROP B-2 TEAM needed more potent stuff to unwind after countless hours of engineering stealth technology to beat the Ruskies.

VINTAGE CHAMPION TAG MIAMI HURRICANES T-SHIRT

2009-03-05T22:11:00.000-08:00

Here's the top seller in my vintage clothing category for February (and my top selling shirt so far!) Sold for $69.99, which was surprising to me since this piece wasn't a coveted "Blue Bar" tag. Judging by this tag I'd guess this shirt dates to mid 1980's (when the Miami Hurricanes were HUGE).

I picked up this baby up in a dodgy Miami thrift during my holiday visit last December, along with a lot of other unfortunately less desirable tees. Can't say much good about Miami thrifts, but sometimes you get lucky.

VINTAGE U.S. NAVY T-SHIRTS, C. LATE 80s EARLY 90's

2009-02-13T00:40:00.000-08:00

Here's an interesting cache of shirts I recently scored. Some nice examples from the subculture of U.S. Navy art and branding. I think Flexible Frez is my favorite of the lot.

BUTTHOLE SURFERS T-SHIRT

2009-02-01T23:31:00.000-08:00

I can't name a single Butthole Surfers song, and after researching them on Youtube I am not surprised. But I do recall their early 90's popularity (i'm always on the lookout for a Green-Jello t-shirt). Anyway they produced rad shits and album covers all along. I let this baby go for way too little at the end of a bad week, sadly.

TEARS OF A CLOWN

2009-01-30T23:07:00.000-08:00

Clowns. Pennywise, John Wanye Gacy's Pogo. Patch Adams. Now these two. These were found in a Hallandale, Florida thrift store during my Christmas holiday. Had I been aware of the phenomenal Diane Keaton book on clown paintings I would have snatched them up. Instead I bought a busted old radio for $5. I left it in Miami.

ESTATE SALE FEEDING FRENZY

2009-01-28T01:12:00.000-08:00

I frequent Estate Sales. Yep. I dig through dead people's stuff for profit. So recently I've been going early, like an hour before opening. However there are a lot of "hardcores" out there who get there as early as 4 in the morning (mostly 50 something paunchy dudes with ponytails). Well when the doors open you can be sure all hell breaks loose and what was once a quiet suburban driveway soon turns into the Fall of Saigon.

People got impatient at the opening and rushed the old lady guarding the garage. After about a half hour waiting to get in I cut my losses and left. I recommend showing up 1-2 hours AFTER opening. Maybe the hardcores will beat you to the Fabregé eggs, but there will still be plenty of stuff for you to pick through without the hassle.

PIKACHU TOILET SNOWCONE MAKER

2009-01-18T00:08:00.000-08:00

It's news to me, but part of Pokemon lore is that Pikachu shits shaved ice. Works out profitably for Nintendo since they can work in this Pikachu snowcone maker into that lore.

The little dude has to rotate a full 360 before he can move his bowels. This kit comes with an array of Pikachu fecal analysis tools.

Pikachu had some bad fried chicken gizzards and BBQ cuttlefish tentacles at the discount yakitori joint the other night so he's got a bad case of the "bloody flux."

SUSHI A'LA CARTE

2009-01-05T15:51:00.000-08:00

Liven up any drunken evening at the local Yakitori with this vintage Tokyo Sushi menu T-shirt. No bullshit shi-shi fusion sushi here. This is strait up hardcore Sushi like Ark Shell Filaments and Gizzard Shad. On the 'bay

THIS WEEK'S WINNER: VINTAGE AKIRA T-SHIRT

2008-12-17T20:23:00.000-08:00

Top seller for the week ending 20 Dec. I could never wrap my head around the film AKIRA, which I categorize as post apocalyptic psychic cyberpunk anime. But it has a cool motorcyle, and red leather. This gem sold for $55.50 with a total of 24 bids. See the listing

I'M A SLAVE 4U

2008-12-17T01:40:00.001-08:00

I tried my best to squeeze into this gem, but the results were not as flattering as I expected. Maybe you'd be a better fit! BRITNEY SPEARS I'M A SLAVE 4 U TOUR T-SHIRT 2001

NO-TAKERS

2008-12-17T01:18:00.000-08:00

This section I like to think of as catch and release. Like reeling up a blowfish, watching dangle there and puff up, then throwing it back. If consumed, these items can be equally toxic.

The Garfield mobile phone has sadly not come into vogue.

HULKAMANIA LIVES ON eBay

2008-12-15T23:44:00.000-08:00

Brings back memories of simpler days and more wholesome entertainers such as Hulk Hogan & friends Jake the Snake, the Junkyard Dog, and Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase.

Hulk once pulled one of these hats so hard over Mean Gene Oakerlund's head his bald scalp popped through the top. On eBay (will relist soon)

MARY CAREY FOR GOVERNOR T-SHIRT

2008-12-11T23:04:00.000-08:00

One wonders how things might have turned out. According to Wikipedia, Mary's life is a goddamn mess. Let's hope she gets her shit together for 2016, so I can pick up a PALIN/CAREY '16 t-shirt at that same Salvation Army on Inglewood in 2019. Check it on eBay