Shirt #1 - And with the 1st Pick...The Mecca Orange Plaid Shirt

Manufacturer: Mecca USA
Brand: Mecca Shirts
Shirt Name: The Mecca Orange Plaid Shirt
Year Purchased: 2002

For all of you NYC heads out there, remember when the Mecca clothing line was popular? It was some time after Karl Kani and Cross Colours, but there was a time when a Mecca T-Shirt was cool. Well those days still ring true to me, so I bring you a highly fashionable Mecca short sleeved button down. It's got a bit of a plaid design, but is highly fashionable.

I bought this shirt in 2002 to celebrate my weight loss. Man, that was probably the most fit I've ever been...funny what you end up doing after getting a decent severance check when your company gets bought out. Oh, and let's not forget the NJ unemployment pay which at the time was $8 more per week that NY. I spend 8 months not even thinking about a job and was at the gym 4 times a week, and get this...I was going in the early mornings. Metrocard in hand taking 2 buses to be at the gym by 8a!
Big shout to the NYC Parks & Recreation gym on 134th & Madison. They had the smallest track ever, 36 lapst to a mile, but it was great for a guy like me who had never run before, or since ;). It was easy to keep setting a "go one more lap" goal. Good times indeed.

So with all that background, I offer this classic shirt up for your deliberation. Yeah, it's a little tight right now, but I'm 4 weeks into being back at the gym (you can find me during the 6am hour at the X-Gym in Seattle).

Please use the voting buttons to tell me if I should Keep, Donate, Burn, or Frame it.