flyincowboy
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Too warm to wear a jacket today ; ALOHA SHIRT SKULL and ROSES linen pants officer boots and my trustee ray ban Olympian feel like in summer!
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What shirt are you wearing today?
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B-Man2
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B-Man2
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Toucans??? That’s a very popular shirt down here. Mostly worn by Jimmy Buffet fans known as “ Parrot Heads”.Good man!
I was wearing an Hawaiian shirt today too, I shit you not.
It's got toucans on it and the jury is out on whether my wife likes it, but I like it which is the main thing
Smithy
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Toucans??? That’s a very popular shirt down here. Mostly worn by Jimmy Buffet fans known as “ Parrot Heads”.
I make it look goooooooood Burt
Pa12
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Never thought I would ever own a Hawaiian shirt, but, went to my nieces wedding in Hawaii in 09 and that was the dress code for the wedding.Toucans??? That’s a very popular shirt down here. Mostly worn by Jimmy Buffet fans known as “ Parrot Heads”.
Smithy
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flyincowboy
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Back from work as promised new pic: camo short and batic shirt from Bali Corcoran usaf hot weather boots. we had a lot of humidity in the air... Another big storm and a lot of rain last night... feel like tropical weather..
MauldinFan
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Any Willys Jeep owner* should have one of these.
*I have a 1944 MB, which should be running soon after I was slack for not firing it up hardly at all, during the pandemic...
ausreenactor
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Toucans??? That’s a very popular shirt down here. Mostly worn by Jimmy Buffet fans known as “ Parrot Heads”.
Hot day... Tou cans? Those are rookie numbers. Six cans..easy.
Depths of winter here!
entertainment
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Never suspected Hawaiian shirts would be such a thing with VLJ members.
Found this recently in a vintage clothing store. Based on the label, I think it was made in the 1970s. Definitely MIH (Made in Hawaii).
Apologies for the harsh light. Gloomy day and had to supplement with halogen.
Found this recently in a vintage clothing store. Based on the label, I think it was made in the 1970s. Definitely MIH (Made in Hawaii).
Apologies for the harsh light. Gloomy day and had to supplement with halogen.
coolhandluke
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Not quite Hawaiian print, but I'm wearing this linen/ cotton blend button down from Banana Republic today. Stopped by a BR outlet shop yesterday to grab a couple chambray shirts and walked out with this as well.
MauldinFan
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Does anyone know of a vendor which makes 1930s repro Hawaiian shirts?
I'd love to have something maybe someone watching the Pearl Harbor attack might be wearing at the time...
entertainment
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All I can think of is Sun Surf, but the prices are nuts. I think they are part of Toyo Enterprises along with Buzz Rickson, etc.
History Preservation Sun Surf Vintage-Style Hawaiian Shirts | History Preservation
Sun Surf Vintage-Style Hawaiian Shirts are wearable works of art from the 1930s-’50s, reproduced true to their original and brilliant colors and charm.
MauldinFan
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A pal of mine who collected Hawaiian shirts told me that almost none of the modern 'vintage looks' shirt designs are from the pre-war era, as before WW2, the shirts were far more muted in design and color as they were in the 50s and 60s. These ones you linked all appears to be either postwar or fantasy designs.All I can think of is Sun Surf, but the prices are nuts. I think they are part of Toyo Enterprises along with Buzz Rickson, etc.
History Preservation Sun Surf Vintage-Style Hawaiian Shirts | History Preservation
Sun Surf Vintage-Style Hawaiian Shirts are wearable works of art from the 1930s-’50s, reproduced true to their original and brilliant colors and charm.www.historypreservation.com
When they made the shirts for the truly awful "Pearl Harbor" movie, the costume folks had to make them from scratch because nobody was making prewar designs.
Even when I was in Hawaii last time, I never found anyone making true prewar designs, which really surprised me. Each store I went to, they all said, "We'd love to sell that, but nobody makes what you're asking for."
entertainment
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I checked out my copy of My Freedamn Seven: Vintage Beach Fashions. Although there are hundreds of shirts shown, only a handful are from the 1930s. But I see what you mean about the more subtle colors.
Sounds like a business opportunity! Perhaps someone will become the JC of Hawaiian shirts.
