Originally shared by Walter Imai

Originally shared by Walter Imai

Bigger, Bolder, More Obnoxious
The bigger, bolder, and more obnoxious it is, the more value it has, currently anyway. The trend for the big, in-your-face stuff has been going on for probably 25 years.
People who wear aloha shirts want to be noticed. They find regular repeating designs to be boring. Two-color prints are boring. If you want to attract attention to yourself, then the textile print becomes important.
-- Linda Arthur, Washington State University professor and curator

When I came to Washington State University, I brought my passion for ethnic textiles and clothing with me. Our historic costume collection here at WSU now has increased in size as a result. We now have nearly 100 aloha shirts in our collection here at Washington State University. The University of Hawaii, where I taught from 1991 to 2002, has about 5,000 items of aloha attire, probably half of which are aloha shirts. This collection is in the Apparel Product Design and Merchandising program at the University of Hawaii, and includes 15,000 pieces from around the world going back to the 1700s. It’s a very important collection.

Fascinating history and pearls about the Aloha Shirt.

[link, clothing, Hawaiian, locals only]
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-aloha-shirt-author-and-scholar-linda-arthur/

Comments

  1. Timothy StreetAugust 4, 2018 at 6:56 AM

    I prefer the Canadian style "Eh?" parkas with the camouflage snow, moose, and empty Labatt® bottles prints. But these are nice, too.

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  2. Drew McCarthyAugust 4, 2018 at 7:43 AM

    I don't think that any of my (many) aloha shirts are collectible. They do resemble me, however, in being Bigger, Bolder, and More Obnoxious.

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  3. Geo. TirebiterAugust 5, 2018 at 2:12 AM

    for a brief period I liked vintage silky aloha shirts. That was when I was thinner. Now, I look like an exclamation point. However, I only wear them for funerals or dinner parties.

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