I buy too much aloha wear.
Sometimes I buy items with the intent of altering them, and then I later decide it's just not possible. Sometimes I find pieces that won't fit me, but are too cool to leave behind at the store, so I buy them to give to someone else.
I've decided to bring a bunch of this excess aloha wear to Tiki Oasis, to send these pieces to good homes. They will be given away, for free.
I've got a few wee rules to keep things fair:
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You must be someone I have met before.
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The item must fit you AS IS -- no alterations. These poor things have already been sitting neglected for too long, and the item may fit someone else at Oasis perfectly.
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You must try the item on to confirm it fits you.
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You cannot take an item with the intent of giving it to someone else, it must be for your own use.
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Don't resell these items for at least one year. After that, you can do what you wish with them.
Here are the items that I'll be bringing with me:
Hookano dress
36 bust, 37 waist, 38 hips
This is a simple shapeless dress with a pocket on the front, made out of a beautiful lightweight cotton fabric with gold details. In a couple of the pictures, I've taken the dress in with some pins to show how it could be altered -- I'm exempting this dress from my no-alterations rule because I think it would look better altered, but it's very cute as is, too.
Front:
Front with pins:
Side with pins:
Close-up of the fabric:
Nani of Hawaii swimsuit:
36-40 bust, 28-31 waist, 44 hips (suit has stretch panels in the back; this was difficult to measure, so those numbers are probably a bit off)
OH BOY do I wish I could find one of these that would fit me. This suit is darling, and it's in pretty darned good shape, too. It looks a little goofy pinned to the front of my dressmaking dummy, but it's going to make someone look fabulous poolside at the Caliente Tropics.
Front:
VA VA VOOM!
Close-up view of fabric:
Royal Hawaiian dress
42 bust, free waist & hips
I love the tapa cloth print fabric and draped back on this one.
Front:
Back:
Close-up view of fabric:
Maier Specialty dress
34 bust, 30 waist, 40 hips
I like the cut of this dress quite a bit, and the colors are really lovely, but it's just too big for me.
Front:
Back:
Sears Hawaiian Fashions dress:
42 bust, 32 waist, 50 hips
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this dress! That fabric is amazing -- check out those graphic pineapples!
Front:
Back:
Close-up view of the pineapples:
Paradise Hawaii men's shirt
44 chest
I rarely venture into the aloha shirt sections -- there's just too much to sift through, and it's rare to find something really special. I thought this one was worth picking up, though.
Front:
Back:
Homemade (not by me) dress
34 bust, 27 waist, free hips
This one absolutely kills me. I have held onto this one for so long. I even spent a whole lot of time pinning it up in about 10 different spots to alter it, before I realized that I would pretty much have to take the dress apart entirely to make it fit me (and even then, it wouldn't look quite right). I really, really wish I could have made this one work, and I'll be very happy to see someone wearing it.
Front:
Back:
Close-up view of fabric:
If you're interested in trying one of these babies on, just find me at Oasis!
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Critiki
[ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2004-04-18 19:07 ]
