TIKI AND FADS - General Tiki

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 11:10 AM When I started "collecting" Tiki stuff in 92, I had no idea anyone else even liked the stuff, or that there was a "scene", but some say by then it was already over. Funny you should mention that. I read somewhere that there were people who were collecting this stuff since the early to mid eighties - in the Miami Vice decade! With all that New Wave, Pastel Clothing and Glass Cube in fashion, those early collectors must have looked like outcasts. I started collecting Hawaiiana around 1989-1990 and started collecting Tikis around 1993. I too, had no idea there was a "scene" - I just liked the stuff. And like you, I too, heard from someone that the glory days of collecting Tiki were over. I guess the days of abundant quantities of tikis lying in wait at thrift stores were gone by this time.

When I started "collecting" Tiki stuff in 92, I had no idea anyone else even liked the stuff, or that there was a "scene", but some say by then it was already over.

Funny you should mention that. I read somewhere that there were people who were collecting this stuff since the early to mid eighties - in the Miami Vice decade! With all that New Wave, Pastel Clothing and Glass Cube in fashion, those early collectors must have looked like outcasts.

I started collecting Hawaiiana around 1989-1990 and started collecting Tikis around 1993. I too, had no idea there was a "scene" - I just liked the stuff. And like you, I too, heard from someone that the glory days of collecting Tiki were over. I guess the days of abundant quantities of tikis lying in wait at thrift stores were gone by this time.

Post #9304 by PolynesianPop on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 11:10 AM