Acid Wash Vintage Cotton Tee

Why buyers start with this style

This is the vintage side of the tee program: a 210 gsm combed cotton blank finished with an acid snow wash — the treatment that gives streetwear tees their faded, slightly streaked, lived-in surface. The wash is done on finished garments, so the seams and collar take the fade too; nothing looks factory-new, which is exactly the point for merch drops and streetwear capsules. The cut is boxy and unisex with dropped shoulders, S through 3XL, and a ribbed collar that keeps its shape through repeated washes. Because the snow-wash pattern develops differently on every piece, no two garments are identical — a detail buyers notice the first time they pick one up. Decoration sits on top of the wash. For full-colour artwork we print water-based DTG: the ink soaks into the fibres instead of sitting on top as a plastisol layer, so the print carries no rubbery hand-feel — it reads and wears like part of the garment itself, which suits the washed, lived-in surface of this blank. Screen print covers bold retro graphics, and embroidery gives a clean contrast on the textured fabric. If you want the print itself to look vintage, we can dial ink coverage down to match the fade. Custom neck labels and hang tags from 100 pcs finish the garment retail-ready. The gallery photos are from a real client run: Costa Rica surf-shop artwork printed water-based DTG on the washed black and washed apricot shades — one design, printed across the size run, with every blank keeping its own fade pattern under the print. The process shots show the DTG line mid-print. Stock runs in eight washed shades, blanks ship with no MOQ, and decorated orders start at 50 pieces per design with colours and sizes mixed. Bulk ships in 7-10 days DDP door-to-door.