Post #287449 by shakatiki on Thu, Feb 22, 2007 1:14 PM

Update:
After a few glasses of wine ,my uncle started bringing up some cool stories of his adventurous dad (my Grandfather) and one of them was that he was instrumental in some of the first tapa style fabrics which were made into shirts and loose fitting pants. I will look up more on this to verify, but I know he was on commission by Gumps to bring back unusual fabrics (along with artifacts, arts, and crafts etc.). My uncle made mention of them using the tapa cloth to "copy" and make crude shirts out of. Does anyone know the history of the first aloha shirts? I know there is a comprehensive book on the aloha shirt, so I will look into it. Can't wait to get my toes in some warm Samoan sand, (less than a week away!) A hui ho