Custom Bootleg Shirt | 90s Homage Tee With Your Photos

Questions people ask

How do I make my bootleg tee?

Upload your photos straight from your phone or laptop and the background comes off them automatically. Drag them where you want them, type your headline and your subheading, pick your bootleg lettering, and add lightning, smoke or sparkles behind the faces. Switch on the vintage texture if you want that worn, been-in-a-drawer-since-1994 look. Hit Preview before you add it to your cart — every shirt is printed to order, so the preview is the shirt.

What is a bootleg or homage tee?

It is the 90s rap-tee layout: cut-out faces blown up across the chest, a big chrome headline arched over the top, a second line along the bottom, and effects crackling away behind it all. It started as unofficial tour merch sold outside venues. This one does the same thing with people you actually know.

What photos actually work on one of these?

Faces. A clear, well-lit photo of a person or a dog beats a moody group shot every time, because the background gets cut away and whatever is left gets printed big. Photos straight off your phone are fine. Screenshots, tiny thumbnails and pictures saved off Instagram usually are not — they go soft when we blow them up.

Can I put a band, a footballer or a celebrity on it?

No. We can only print photos you own, so friends, family, pets and yourself are fair game — musicians, actors, footballers, club crests and brand logos are not, and we will have to cancel the order if one turns up.

What size should I get, and how does it fit?

It runs true to size on a unisex fit, so take your normal size, or one up if you want it baggy. Heavyweight 100% combed cotton, 180 g/m², ribbed crew neck, classic fit.

How long does it take, and can I return it?

Each one is printed to order once you have approved the preview, then 2–7 working days to most countries. Because it is made from your design specifically, we cannot take it back or change the artwork once it is printed — which is exactly why we make you look at the preview first. Anything wrong on our end, email contact@orbitalclothingbrand.com and we will sort it.

About the Vintage Bootleg Custom

The Vintage Bootleg Custom T-Shirt is the 90s homage layout, built out of your own photos. Your pictures are cut out and printed big across the chest, a chrome headline arches over the top and a second line runs along the bottom, with lightning or smoke crackling behind the faces. The vintage texture option cracks and fades the print so it reads as a shirt that has survived thirty years rather than one that arrived this week.

Printed on a heavyweight 100% combed cotton unisex tee, true to size, in Black, White, Azalea pink or Light Blue. Several photos on the front, your own words top and bottom, and a full preview before you commit.

People look for this as a custom bootleg shirt, a bootleg rap tee with their own photo, a homage tee, a vintage bootleg t-shirt or a custom retro tee. It gets bought as a personalised birthday present with someone's face on it, for stag and hen dos, as a tribute shirt for a pet or a person, and by couples who want each other's worst photo in gold chrome.