Old Navy goin' tiki??? - General Tiki

T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2003 7:14 PM What many of you seem to be forgeting, as you laugh at me and my Old Navy pyjamas, is that tiki was never 'underground' or 'cool' in it's heyday - in fact, tiki was readily available in the 60's versions of Target and The Gap - Paul Marshall Mugs were sold by the bucketloads at Palleys, and there were even Soap-On-A-Rope tikis, fer chrissakes. Trader Vic's wasn't exactly considered counter-culture, either. So don't get all high and mighty just cause you only buy 'vintage' tiki stuff - your vintage tikis might have been sold at K-Mart! Love, Evil capitalist fishy :)

What many of you seem to be forgeting, as you laugh at me and my Old Navy pyjamas, is that tiki was never 'underground' or 'cool' in it's heyday - in fact, tiki was readily available in the 60's versions of Target and The Gap - Paul Marshall Mugs were sold by the bucketloads at Palleys, and there were even Soap-On-A-Rope tikis, fer chrissakes. Trader Vic's wasn't exactly considered counter-culture, either. So don't get all high and mighty just cause you only buy 'vintage' tiki stuff - your vintage tikis might have been sold at K-Mart!

Love,
Evil capitalist fishy :)

Post #30748 by tikifish on Thu, Apr 17, 2003 7:14 PM