Awesome & tacky, a pirate-like aesthetic with the horizontal stripes, blue with white piping and silver in between. Garment was originally sold by Bill Hatch Sporting Goods Seattle, long ago defunct, but at one time was one of the largest suppliers of high school and college sporting uniforms and equipment as well as general outdoor sporting knits for fishing & other rec.
Vintage wrestling uniforms of the 1960s era (and earlier) are exceptionally hard to find due to most scholastic and collegiate programs discarding wrestling equipment for various reasons, mainly storage related. There just isn''t a glut of pre-1980s gear out there, especially not Durene, wool, or cotton.
Durene was a type of nylon blend and wrestling singlets of this fabric were common during the transitional period in USA wrestling between the three-piece wool/cotton uniform and the singlet.
Vintage wrestling uniforms of the 1960s era (and earlier) are exceptionally hard to find due to most scholastic and collegiate programs discarding wrestling equipment for various reasons, mainly storage related. There just isn''t a glut of pre-1980s gear out there, especially not Durene, wool, or cotton.
Durene was a type of nylon blend and wrestling singlets of this fabric were common during the transitional period in USA wrestling between the three-piece wool/cotton uniform and the singlet.
