New Book on Vintage Beach Fashions

Aloha,
I discovered this new book at Le Luz/Wacko
recently. It's kinda pricey but I couldn't resist.
Cover to cover vintage aloha shirt eye candy.
These pictures are from the tiki section.
Info on material, label, estimated manufacturing dates, and who's collection, etc...
Hopefully, this will tide us over til Sven's Tiki Style shirt book is published! :D
Enjoy!

[ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-02-22 13:48 ]

Damn! How much is it? Rats...they have that Towncraft shirt with that Tami mask I was gonna use! Arrrgh!
Welllll, I still will, with tons of context imagery. My research will blow this one out of the water. :)

It's $70. That tami mask print is drool worthy!
Your books are wonderful to say the least...not too
many days go by here without pulling them off the shelf
to gaze at. Looking forward to your latest!

Any Fashion for the ladies?

No unfortunately. I guess the book
should have been called:
Men's Vintage Beach Fashions.

Thanks for the kudos! Yikes, 70.- clams! Japanese import, I understand. Those clazy collectols...

...and the clazy people who buy/love their books! :wink:

[ Edited by: Iokona Ki'i 2009-02-22 18:17 ]

we have 4 or 5 "issues" of My Freedamn! at work!
One has old old 50's tees
one has old 70's OP style stuff
one's old bowling shirts and motor club tees
one is all biker leather jackets
this Tanaka guy puts out great books
but fot Tikiphiles,this one is the best!
better than any hawaiian shirt book i know of!
Order one now!
if he sells enough
he may do another book with Tiki/hawaiiana!

Tell 'em to put some girlie stuff in there, for cryin' out loud!

On 2009-02-22 19:51, little lost tiki wrote:
we have 4 or 5 "issues" of My Freedamn! at work!
One has old old 50's tees
one has old 70's OP style stuff
one's old bowling shirts and motor club tees
one is all biker leather jackets
this Tanaka guy puts out great books
but fot Tikiphiles,this one is the best!
better than any hawaiian shirt book i know of!
Order one now!
if he sells enough
he may do another book with Tiki/hawaiiana!

Cool! Will have to take a gander at the other issues sometime.
Also, on the back inside page it says coming soon "Black Aloha Shirts"
Maybe a supplement to this one.

On 2009-02-22 21:07, Haole'akamai wrote:
Tell 'em to put some girlie stuff in there, for cryin' out loud!

I agree! Especially Alfred Shaheen's dresses!

That book looks cool! (notice I used 3 words with double "o" 8) ) I love the cover... sleeping cop, he he. Bigbro, what about your book? when? where? how much? I can't wait!

Yeah, the shirts in this book are amazing.
Lots of them too. The most I've ever seen in one
book. Can't wait to see what Bigbro's got in store
for this subject too!

just got my copy of this very cool and 'huge' book...

It's a massive tome of some real Aloha Eye Candy.

For UK/Europe buyers you can get it from Aero Leathers in Scotland - the guys who make A2 Pilots jackets to the orignal U.S. Govt standards.

Pricey at £50 (+ shipping) but worth every penny.