Burlesque, Surf Culture, Hot Rods, Mexican Wrestling, etc. (pick one) in Tiki Culture - General Tiki

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 6:44 PM Whooo! THAT jacket really is a fashion statement. I only have a black Nehru jacket, and even that turns heads when I wear it in bars. Still, if it was good enough for Sammy Davis Junior (famous Nehru jacket wearer), then it's good enough for me. Thomas, that taboo you refer to goes back a long way, as I guess the original post-war tiki lounge crowd were not necessarily all that impressed with the love generation and their psychedelic music. Likewise, my impression is that, generally speaking, the hippies of the late 60s thought the whole tiki lounge thing was "square" - a facet of mid 20th-century culture on the wrong side of the generation gap. CN

Whooo! THAT jacket really is a fashion statement. I only have a black Nehru jacket, and even that turns heads when I wear it in bars. Still, if it was good enough for Sammy Davis Junior (famous Nehru jacket wearer), then it's good enough for me.

Thomas, that taboo you refer to goes back a long way, as I guess the original post-war tiki lounge crowd were not necessarily all that impressed with the love generation and their psychedelic music. Likewise, my impression is that, generally speaking, the hippies of the late 60s thought the whole tiki lounge thing was "square" - a facet of mid 20th-century culture on the wrong side of the generation gap.

Post #550413 by Club Nouméa on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 6:44 PM