With a borrowed two hundred quid and a deft design, a limited run of "Free Petes" was printed at a screenprinters in Kentish Town, North London. The shirts sold out in under a week. A glint of inspiration flashed across the two indie upstarts eyes and Balcony Shirts was born. In more recent and sober times, Balcony Shirts has evolved into an entire retro clothes shop. Despite our charmingly misleading name we sell all kinds of retro get-up - mainly T-shirts, which we both print ourselves and import from the USA, as well as trainers, plimsoles, shoes, jackets, sweatshirts, hoodies, belts, watches, bags, wallets, sunglasses and loads more.
Marc Bolan formed the band Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967. After releasing several singles and four relatively unsuccessful albums as an acoustic duo he then outraged his original hippy fans by playing an electric guitar and fronting a 4-piece rock band with the name abbreviated to T.Rex. By 1972 they had become so successful that they were selling 100,000 records a day and accounting for 6% of the total British record sales. At the time he was quoted as saying
among other things. He sounds like a very cool chap to us, and although he didn't like telephones we're sure that he would have liked our retro-styled 'Ask Me About My T.Rex' t-shirt, even though it doesn't
Balcony Shirts - Retro T-Shirts, Funny T-Shirts, Retro Clothes & Accessories
Welcome to Balcony Shirts - the home of Cool, Funny and Retro T-Shirts. We don't just sell tees though; we've also got a massive range of Retro Accessories including Retro Trainers, digital watches and bags.
You can keep up to date with what’s new at Balcony Shirts by signing up to our newsletter where we’ll keep you abreast of what's happening here and what beautiful new retro clothes and accessories we've got in for your delectation. We said "abreast" - good, eh?
Balcony Shirts Ltd.
, right now, covering an enormous range of colours and sizes and a comprehensive range of styles including regular fit, ladies fit, organic, ethical and even vintage style T-shirts, we are sure to have exactly what you need.
