Thrift stores: Where terrible band T-shirts go to die: Photo Essay

Ever notice how creepy country music t-shirts are?

Remember when thrift store shopping in Saskatoon was an automatic treasure hunt, a chance to unearth a garment that might get you laid and then some? Nowadays you have to put a little bit more effort into getting lucky, at least in the Value Village realm – one person’s treasure is always another person’s trash.

Fortunately, if you are into terribly designed band t-shirts, you’ve likely come to the right place. More and more, thrift stores seems to be awash in these cast-off rock rags. Everything from those sweatshirts you bought at the last Dwight Yoakum concert to those screamo tanks that you thought you would cherish forever; this is where old band T’s come to bathe in disinfectant and die.

Here’s some of our recent favourites:

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