A Look at Vintage Hawaiian Shirts
By Richard
Romando
Editor's Summary: This article contains a history of
the hawaiian shirt starting from 1930, and explains why vintage
hawaiian shirts can be more expensive than modern-day styles. Some
advice on where to obtain hawaiian shirts is also included.
Hawaiian shirts are anything but new. They first got their start
in the 1930s when clothing manufacturers decided to produce a cloth
and design unique to Hawaii. The original popular shirts were printed
on heavy silk and became popular as Hollywood stars wore them in
both films and to events, such as movie premiers. Not everyone could
afford heavy silk, however, and many high-quality shirts were printed
in rayon and cotton as well. Because these shirts have been printed
for over 70 years, there remains a large quantity of vintage Hawaiian
shirts on the market.
Vintage Hawaiian shirts can be more expensive than modern-day styles,
but they also can have a flair and quality not found today. Despite
the fact that the vintage shirts can run the high end of several
hundreds of dollars each, they continue to have a strong niche in
the fashion world. Authors and clothing designers have studied the
history and style of the shirts over the years. Today, information
on vintage Hawaiian shirts can be found in books such as Thomas
Steele's ""The Hawaiian Shirt: Its Art and History,"" or Nancy Schiffer's
""Hawaiian Shirt Designs."" More recently, Dale Hope's ""The Aloha
Shirt: Spirit of the Islands"" is an extremely accurate detailing
of the history of the Hawaiian shirt.
For anyone interested in purchasing vintage Hawaiian shirts, there
are several avenues. Hawaiian dealers are the best sources, as they
have the easiest access to locally made shirts. However, several
online websites also sell vintage Hawaiian shirts.
Vintage Hawaiian shirts are beautiful pieces of artwork from the
past that can be worn just as fashionably as any shirt made today.
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