aloha there??

[dr greg]

Does anybody here know of this shirt brand "HG,American Styled"?
This is a Eugene Savage design, but rather cheaply done, and I wonder if it's legit. I found this in the outback in a one-pub orange growing town called Mundubbera, which is a LONG way from the beach, or anything resembling it.I thought it worth the $2 I paid for it.

 

[Solid Citizen]

$2.00 Aloha Bargain

Dr. Gregg,

You got a NICE Aloha shirt @ a bargain price that looks
period & if you spill a Mai Tai on it so what [huh]

Beats paying $300.00+ for an original 1940's Hawaiian shirt.
Enjoy!!!

SC

 

[Benny Holiday]

It just goes to show you, you never know where something cool is going to turn up.

The 'American-Styled' hints at it being locally made. If it's not from the 50's, it's a very good knock-off of an orginal. Has it got the longer 40's collar?

 

[dr greg]

date

Pretty sure it's 50's or early 60's going by fabric and stitching, it's a direct take on Island Feast by Savage so that pretty much rules out the 40's as the designs didn't appear until 1948, so I doubt if they would have made their way to cheap-end shirts that quickly.

 

[Harp]

a bargain

I use to live in Honolulu--$2 for an Aloha shirt? Those were so
expensive, I never wore one. Great find.

Mahalo.