https://www.badbillys.com/tags/authentication/Recent content in Authentication on BadBillys.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenBadBillys.comSat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.badbillys.com/post/bad-billys-apparel-identification-labels/Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.badbillys.com/post/bad-billys-apparel-identification-labels/ <p>Authenticating late-1980s and early-1990s skate apparel presents a particular challenge: the brands that produced it were small, fast-moving, and left almost no label archives. Bad Billy's — Billabong's short-lived skate sub-label, active from approximately 1987 into the early 1990s — is a prime example. No official tag reference guide exists. What collectors have instead is a methodology: the same framework used to date and authenticate any piece of vintage garment from that era, applied with the specific context of a Billabong-owned sub-brand in mind.</p>