ABOUT TICTIONARY
Documenting Vintage T-Shirts.
Tictionary is an online vintage T-shirt dictionary documenting the design and cultural background of each piece.
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OUR PURPOSE
The Story Does Not End When a Shirt Is Sold.
Vintage T-shirts are more than secondhand clothing. Music, film, art, sports and corporate culture—their prints preserve the atmosphere and culture of the eras in which they were made.
Drawing on thousands of pieces collected and photographed over many years, Tictionary documents each shirt with care. Our purpose is to preserve what makes these T-shirts compelling beyond price or rarity, and to carry those stories into the next generation.
BACKGROUND
The Tictionary Story
Into the Vintage World
Experience in sales, overseas buying and store operations at vintage shops in Harajuku.
Launching Irvine -Vintage T-Shirts & Clothing Store-
An online store opens, offering a wide range of items centered on vintage T-shirts.
Visit Irvine -Vintage T-Shirts & Clothing Store-Launching Tictionary
An online dictionary begins, preserving thousands of photographed references in a form independent of sales.
Continuing the Archive
The archive continues to explore vintage T-shirts across categories and eras.
FOUNDER’S NOTE
With Respect for Every Vintage T-Shirt.
Source a one-of-a-kind piece, introduce it, sell it—and then the story ends. That felt like a loss. Tictionary was born from the desire to keep sharing the appeal of the T-shirts encountered over the years, in a form that goes beyond selling them.
Founder / Editor
April 2020