Personalized Custom 90s Vintage Bootleg Tee with Your Photos

A 90s vintage bootleg tee where you write the headline and every photo is yours. This personalized custom bootleg face shirt has big chrome lettering across the top, a glittery collage of five or six pictures underneath, and nothing else you didn’t choose.

Use a name, a nickname, a trip name or the inside joke that started in the group chat.

Type your own headline

What the shirt looks like, top to bottom

Part	What prints there
Headline	Your custom text in big beveled chrome. The mockup says CUSTOM only as a placeholder.
Collage	Five or six of your photos, with one larger picture in the middle and smaller ones around it.
Background	A cloud of glitter in the design color you pick, out of 15.

The woman in the samples, in a denim jacket and sundress with a red flower in her hair, is a stand-in. Upload your own photos and it’s a completely different shirt. Red chrome is shown in the main image; the chart also runs from soft pastels to bold metallics.

Planning family cruise shirts or a group trip?

This layout works well for a crowd. Each person orders their own copy with their own face and headline, and everyone picks the same design color so the dock photo looks planned. One family might do first names; a friend group might each pick a nickname.

Because the headline is free text, a family vacation, a reunion weekend or a bachelorette trip all fit without needing a separate design.

Checklist before checkout

Garment and size chosen. T-shirt, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie, or a youth tee or toddler hoodie for the kids on the trip.
Two colors set. A shirt color and a design color number from the chart.
Photos uploaded. 3 to 8 pictures; clear faces, plus one strong shot for the center.
Headline typed. Exactly as it should print, capitals and spelling included.

Why your own headline makes the bootleg tee work

Most custom shirts lock you into someone else’s headline
Family vacation shirts are usually a cartoon palm tree and a year
The group chat’s best inside joke has nowhere to live

The best shirt for a group is the one that only makes sense to that group. Your own text runs in big beveled chrome across the top, and five or six of your photos sit underneath in a glitter cloud, one bigger in the middle.

A completed example: tee, size S, design color 5, six photos, headline JESS. Your pictures go where the sample photos sit on the listing.

Who orders this custom face tshirt

This one gets ordered by people who want a loud face shirt with their own words on it: a name, a trip name or the joke that started in the group chat. Families planning a cruise or beach week like it because every shirt can carry a different person.

Yourself

If you just want a shirt with your own face and name for fun, you control every word and picture.

The family on vacation

For a cruise, a beach week or a reunion, each relative’s shirt can carry a different face under the same headline.

A birthday girl

Friends making a personalized photo tee for her can type the nickname only the group uses, so it reads like a private joke.

Your partner

Turning your favorite photos of each other into a face shirt surprise works when the headline is your pet name for them.

Upload your favorite photos

Blanks, fit and sizing

Most people pick the Comfort Colors 1717 tee: 6.1 oz, garment-dyed 100% ring-spun cotton, relaxed unisex fit, sizes S to 4XL.

Cold airports call for fleece: the 1566 crewneck (S to 3XL) in an 80/20 ring-spun cotton and polyester blend, or the 1567 hoodie (S to 2XL) with a lined hood, drawcord and pouch pocket. Take true size for relaxed, one or two up for oversized.

The Comfort Colors size chart lists their measurements. Sleeves for dinner on deck? Go with the Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve, S to 3XL.

Kids on the family trip can wear the Comfort Colors 9018 youth tee in XS to XL, and the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie covers 2T to 5/6T.

Production and delivery

Every shirt is printed after you order, in 1 to 3 business days. USPS then delivers in 3 to 5 business days with tracking, so allow about 4 to 8 business days. There’s no guaranteed delivery date, so group orders should go in well before departure.

Read the shipping information for more.

Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

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90s vintage bootleg tee questions

Can our headline be a cruise line or resort name?

No. Brand names, logos, team marks and characters can’t be printed, and neither can celebrities, rappers, athletes or other public figures. Write your own words and upload photos you took or may use. Orders containing that content are canceled and refunded.

How many letters fit in the headline?

Short is best. One word of four to six letters prints largest. Two short words still fit, just a bit smaller across the chest.

Can each person in our group use a different headline?

Yes. Each shirt is its own order line with its own text and photos. Pick the same design color across the group if you want them to match.

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