SNAFU is an archive of vintage garments picked one at a time. It is not an algorithm and it is not a resale marketplace. It is a point of view.
Every piece was pulled by hand from archives, estates, thrift bins, and private collections. Every piece was inspected in person and bought because it deserved to be seen again.
A $20 find gets the same set of eyes as a $500 archive piece. The price is what sorts them into tiers, and nothing else does.
Every item passes a SNAFU authentication check specific to its category. For jackets that means original tags, period-correct hardware, and lining construction. For tees, stitch construction, tag stock, print method, and wear pattern. For denim, selvedge presence, rivet marking, and wash consistency with the era.
The check is documented per item and shown on its page. The badge is not decoration.
Every item is thoroughly cleaned before it enters inventory and is ready to wear on arrival. No exceptions for tier.
SNAFU SHOP is the mainline — rarer, older, higher price. SNAFU DEALS is the second tier — more accessible pieces at real deal prices, mostly bin finds. Both are picked the same way. Deal items carry a different-colored border so you can tell them apart at a glance, whether they show up on their own page or mixed into the main shop grid.
The garments are real. The presentation is 16-bit — a world built to hold them. Every product has a cover generated at 256×384 pixels. The forest is where you enter. The shop is a valley over the ridge. The deals are the trading post beyond it.
What you are buying is real cotton, real wool, real silk. What you are looking at is the SNAFU way of showing it to you.