Inside out shirts - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Mar 7, 2005 8:34 PM To me, the inside out Aloha shirts are a contradiction in terms, even to the point of being part of the Tiki devolution, since they are based on the "good taste vs bad taste" premise. The essence of a Hawaiian shirt is that it is VERY colorful (garish to some), and the "watering down" of that attribute undermine it's uniqueness. I love vintage, but despise faux vintage. A couple of years ago I found a great Reyn Spooner shirt based on that fantastic Easter Island Mosaic at the head of the mug chapter of the BOT. A red mosaic base, with the Moais, modern fish, volcano, etc all there, but it was INSIDE OUT! Since I only could find it in a polo cut, I cut off the buttons and turned the inside-out inside out, and VOILA, beautiful clear contrast and colors! (Now I just have to loose some weight to wear it again...)

To me, the inside out Aloha shirts are a contradiction in terms, even to the point of being part of the Tiki devolution, since they are based on the "good taste vs bad taste" premise. The essence of a Hawaiian shirt is that it is VERY colorful (garish to some), and the "watering down" of that attribute undermine it's uniqueness. I love vintage, but despise faux vintage.

A couple of years ago I found a great Reyn Spooner shirt based on that fantastic Easter Island Mosaic at the head of the mug chapter of the BOT. A red mosaic base, with the Moais, modern fish, volcano, etc all there, but it was INSIDE OUT! Since I only could find it in a polo cut, I cut off the buttons and turned the inside-out inside out, and VOILA, beautiful clear contrast and colors!
(Now I just have to loose some weight to wear it again...)

Post #145295 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 7, 2005 8:34 PM