There’s a sense of consumer cluelessness when a young wannabe pop star like Lindsay Lohan is photographed clutching an energy drink fittingly called Rehab and wearing a Queen ’80 tour T-shirt without a trace of irony. First of all, if she can name a Queen song other than “We Will Rock You,” we’ll guarantee Freddie Mercury himself will rise from the dead. Second, she was born in 1986. Welcome to the unrelenting retro retail trend of buying other people’s misty watercolor memories: the vintage rock T-shirt. Unlike the bulkiness of the ’90s, vintage T-shirts with thin collars, as well as baseball jerseys, of the classic rock, metal and punk eras are fitted for a more fashionable look and have a softer, worn-in, comfortable feel. They’re your ticket to hip street cred, like your ’70s shag haircut, ’80s leggings and ’40s rounded-toe pumps. They’re also nostalgic conversation starters. What else says “I listen to blue-eyed Philly soul” like a Hall & Oates H2O tour shirt complete with Whole Oates Enterprises copyright,... More >>>