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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 3:27 PM Nicely and simply said, B.B. I just want to add that the need for careful differentiation of the styles lies in the HISTORY of Tiki style. By the 1980s it had fallen so out of fashion that it practically did not exist anymore. Partly responsible for that was that the style had been "watered down" by a need to make it less culturally implicit, (meaning perceived as "racist"), by devolving into more of a GENERIC tropical island theme, as exemplified in the TV show "Fantasy Island" and yes, the music of Jimmy Buffet. To avoid the return of this "everything goes"/"Island Lifestyle" look we are kind of protective of the style. We want to preserve its uniqueness, which got us to fall in love with it in the first place. There is much more to it than brightly colored import store masks and internet store "Tiki Bar" signs.

Nicely and simply said, B.B. I just want to add that the need for careful differentiation of the styles lies in the HISTORY of Tiki style. By the 1980s it had fallen so out of fashion that it practically did not exist anymore. Partly responsible for that was that the style had been "watered down" by a need to make it less culturally implicit, (meaning perceived as "racist"), by devolving into more of a GENERIC tropical island theme, as exemplified in the TV show "Fantasy Island" and yes, the music of Jimmy Buffet. To avoid the return of this "everything goes"/"Island Lifestyle" look we are kind of protective of the style. We want to preserve its uniqueness, which got us to fall in love with it in the first place. There is much more to it than brightly colored import store masks and internet store "Tiki Bar" signs.

Post #599504 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 3:27 PM