Trader Vic says no to the fez !! - General Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:43 AM On 2011-03-25 06:29, Johnny Dollar wrote: seems to me, there was this thread http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=23950&forum=1&start=0 about the relevance of the fez to "tiki culture." i was reading this particular thread as the appropriateness of wearing one in a trader vic's, or by extention, any current tiki event. i still think the point is relevant, that if we are discussing the fez through the lens of the policy of a trader vic's in 1966, we might also consider through that lens, the appropriateness of aloha shirts, tattoos, maori tongue gestures :) , etc. etc. etc. Yes. Context. I am quite sure at that time none of us would have gotten in TV! You need a tie and jacket sir!

On 2011-03-25 06:29, Johnny Dollar wrote:
seems to me, there was this thread http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=23950&forum=1&start=0 about the relevance of the fez to "tiki culture." i was reading this particular thread as the appropriateness of wearing one in a trader vic's, or by extention, any current tiki event.

i still think the point is relevant, that if we are discussing the fez through the lens of the policy of a trader vic's in 1966, we might also consider through that lens, the appropriateness of aloha shirts, tattoos, maori tongue gestures :) , etc. etc. etc.

Yes. Context. I am quite sure at that time none of us would have gotten in TV! You need a tie and jacket sir!

Post #581696 by Swanky on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 7:43 AM