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Why there is money in making faded ‘vintage’ T-shirts

Published by The Straits Times Business · Singapore 3 h ago
Why there is money in making faded ‘vintage’ T-shirts
The Straits Times Business

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Fade farming: why vintage sellers are ageing T-shirts in the sun to meet demand for distressed clothing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Will Cotterill amid crucifixlike posts draped in old band T-shirts at his “fade farm” near his shop, Millennial Vintage, in Stockport, England.

The warmer climate in England this past summer gave rise to the cultivation of some unlikely crops: tea, cantaloupe and vintage T-shirts.

William Cotterill has been tending to this last variety on a 15 acre plot of land about a half-hour from his shop, Millennial Vintage, in Stockport, England.

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