Vintage 80s Single Stitch T-Shirt. The single stitch construction was the most common method of t-shirt manufacturing during the 1980s and 1990s within the USA. If you’re in the market for a pre 1996 vintage piece but you’re unsure about dates, the single stitch construction will generally always give the piece the vintage stamp of approval. Additionally if the Tee was produced in Europe like Ireland, France or Italy it usually means that it is even older probably around the 80s, due to the fact that European suppliers converted to the double Stitch manufacturing earlier than in the USA.
The material of a single stitch t-shirt is almost as important, if not equal to the stitch itself. These tee’s have a softness no double stitch t-shirt could replicate. Single stitch garments do not hold creases the same way a firm cotton shirt does; their breathable, paper thin fabric holds value like no other.
