Post #430210 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 11:02 AM

On 2009-01-23 10:40, Tom Slick wrote:
You couldn't have "Hawaiian shirts", if you don't have "Hawaiiana"....:lol:

True, but we Tikiphiles also differentiate here, preferring vintage abstract/modernist/Tiki/Tapa patterns before generic Tommy Bahama Hibiscus/palm tree/surfboard shirts. And please, I am saying "preferring", not saying the latter should not be worn at Tiki events. I am with Lucas, I dig all that stuff, it shall be included on TC as it always has been, only if something is called "Tiki" that is not will I aim to clarify the difference. All FOR clarification, AGAINST muddling up of genres. And if that distinction is not important to you, fine, have a ball, just don't get offended if I say it's not Tiki --remember, you don't care.

And the fact that the above shirts hail FROM HAWAII is clearly an exception to the rule of mainland Tiki dominance --an exception however does not topple the rule.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-01-23 11:08 ]