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Tropical-print shirts popular this year
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Blue Moose
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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 6:39 PM
Is it just me, or are tropical-print shirts incredibly popular this summer? I'm not talking loud Hawaiin, but palm leaves, tropical flowers, etc. in muted tones of green, brown, and gold. I see them everywhere in Manhattan. Is this a fad, and does it exist in the rest of the country? The world? |
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lanikai
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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 6:45 PM
yea its cross country. stussy, mossschimo (sp?) and esp roxy... all corporate 'surfwear' activewear companies are doing it. monsterra leaves hibiscus the two most popular motifs. malama ki'i kahiko [ Edited by: lanikai on 2004-06-22 18:46 ] |
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Tiki Rider
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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 9:46 PM
your kidding? no way. [ Edited by: tiki rider on 2004-06-22 21:50 ] |
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Polynesiac
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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 10:19 PM
arn't they always popular...every year at summer? |
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MachTiki
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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 10:30 PM
huh... they've always been popular 'round here?! |
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finkdaddy
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 6:44 AM
I got two for Father's Day! |
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Tiki-Toa
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 7:28 AM
I think the Aloha shirt needs to be the Offical Shirt of Summer, EVERY YEAR! |
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Biotron2000
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 7:58 AM
Summer, nothing! Official Shirt, period! |
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Doctor Z
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 8:33 AM
You mean it's NOT?? It always has been 'round here... Doctor Z [ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2004-06-23 08:33 ] |
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Blue Moose
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 8:33 AM
Corporate surf/active-wear fad, I see. If they sell it, poeple will buy it? But why would several companies hit on the same fad at the same time? The other day I was in a party supply store in Queens that never had tiki anything. Now, there's a whole wall of all things tiki. And to those from California, no, New Yorkers do not wear tropical print shirts in great numbers every summer. Suddenly, tropical shirts are in the subway, the street, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (were I work). I like it. I'll be intertested to see if the fad extends up to Maine when I get up there in July. [ Edited by: Blue Moose on 2004-06-23 08:38 ] |
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tikijackalope
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 9:14 PM
This is the first year I remember seeing this many Aloha shirts in Kansas. Its nice to see it, but I haven't seen anything in Wal-Mart or Target that I like as much as the collection of shirts I've gotten at thrift stores over the years. |
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lanikai
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Wed, Jun 23, 2004 9:25 PM
that is the essence and nature of a fad. |
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Blue Moose
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Thu, Jun 24, 2004 8:59 AM
Oh no.An error occurred. Site administrators have been notified of the error. |