One of the largest collections of vintage-style tees I know of is at t-shirts.com. Their vintage and 80’s sections include more than 400 vintage designs, which is really a staggering figure. Some designs are faux vintage all the way, with fading and aging crafted into the design. Others appear to use new print, just with retro subject matter.

Sometimes it’s for a band (Allman Bros ‘73 Tour, anyone?) and others for a product or beverage that’s no longer made or has since changed logos. Cartoon characters and classic television seem to be popular subjects as well. Even if vintage isn’t usually your thing, it’s worth checking out their tee collection. You may just come across something you like. You may recognize a few, particularly the Guinness tees as having been featured here before.

Most tees are $20, and the ones on sale are usually $10, which is an absolute steal. Be sure to check them out at t-shirts.com.

A while back I wrote about a bunch of Guinness tees you could get at t-shirts.com. Just before St. Patrick’s Day I picked up these hat/shirt combo’s at Spencer’s Gifts for $10 each. The shirts came rolled inside the hat, with a large Guinness-branded rubber band holding the whole thing together. There was a sticker on the bill to show you what the shirt looked like.

You couldn’t mix and match which was sort of a bummer and the shirts aren’t top-notch, but especially for the price it’s hard to beat. I can’t remember which shirt came with which hat, but oh well. I haven’t been a big fan of trucker-style hats really, but I do like this one with the sewn-on clover and all. The black and brown hat is really good quality, and is probably the classiest beer-brand hat you’ll find anywhere.

When you can’t have a beer in front of you, you might as well have a beer ON the front of you. I came across a small collection of Guinness shirts that celebrate everyone’s favorite “meal in a glass.” They’re done in a vintage style, and some of them are adult slim fits, meaning they’ll be a bit snug unless you order a size up from your usual.

I like the pale colors on this shirt. The drab greenish sort of color is a bit unusual and will stand out both in your closet and in a crowd. I have a M*A*S*H 4077th shirt in a similar color, and whenever it’s clean it grabs my attention, being the only shirt close to that color hanging up. It’s printed on the back too, so when you’re hunched over the bar everyone can tell you’ve got a pint of Irish motor oil in front of you.

This one’s my favorite of the bunch. It’s sort of a rusty brown, and I love the way the logo has been faded and beaten up. It looks less like a shirt that’s been through wash cycles (some faux aged shirts just look like old shirts) and more like a clean new shirt with a faded image. I think you’ll get a bit more life out of it this way. Pretty fitting for a 249 year old beer.

This is probably my least favorite, but it does have a few good things going for it. It’s the only shirt that actually clearly shows a perfect pint on the front. The larger text makes Guinness easier to read from farther away as well.

If you’re going to get a Guinness shirt to wear for St. Patrick’s Day, this is the one. Not only do you not get pinched, but it shows that you came prepared for the official beverage of the evening. If you’ve got an Irish background like I do, you’re showing a bit of heritage at the same time. Who would have figured one shirt could do so much for you? The toucans with the Guinness on their bills used to be part of Guinness advertisements.

All these shirts are available from t-shirts.com for $20. They have SEVEN other Guinness shirts, one on sale for $10, and one at an outrageous $28. There are also shirts there for Schlitz, Stroh’s, Jack Daniels, Patron, and Molson as well as non-alcoholic beverages like Pepsi, Coke and Sprite.