Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

GHT · Sep 7, 2019

The design on this fabric has echos of the roaring twenties, in fact the fabric was described as Gatsby. Look closely and you will make out the lapel the front panels and the buttons. Closer inspection and you can just see the breast pocket. The pattern required an extra half yard to line up everything but Tina didn't trash the excess as the last photo shows.

Bill Hughes · Sep 9, 2019

I think I'm hooked on these Hawaiian shirts. This one arrived this week. Paired with this Mayser Panama for dinner out with the family. I acquired this hat from @Redfokker and it has turned into my goto hat this summer.

scottyrocks · Sep 9, 2019

Great combo!^

GHT · Sep 9, 2019

Bill Hughes said:
I think I'm hooked on these Hawaiian shirts.

Damn things, they are so addictive, but when they come looking as good as that, Bill, how can you not want more?

Tukwila · Sep 9, 2019

Bill Hughes said:
I think I'm hooked on these Hawaiian shirts. This one arrived this week. Paired with this Mayser Panama for dinner out with the family. I acquired this hat from @Redfokker and it has turned into my goto hat this summer.

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Superb, Bill.

AbbaDatDeHat · Sep 9, 2019

Bill Hughes said:
I think I'm hooked on these Hawaiian shirts. This one arrived this week. Paired with this Mayser Panama for dinner out with the family. I acquired this hat from @Redfokker and it has turned into my goto hat this summer.

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Nothin like a good old silk Hawaiian shirt for comfort! That one is a very nice subtle pattern.
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GHT · Sep 10, 2019

The red & cream colours of my old MG are the making of the car. For some reason, I thought it would be fun to have a matching red & cream shirt. Tina duly made one, I put it on and topped it off with the cream straw/red hat band that Esther made for me. What a disaster! It was so difficult to explain to Tina, so I said to her: "Do you think that the shirt, when worn, looks like the barber's uniform of old?" "Yes, you're right," she replied. And with that she took the shirt, bought a strong red dye and left it soaking for an hour. That shirt gets worn for doing odd jobs around the house, or just for lounging in. It still gets worn, I'm pleased about that, don't want to be ungrateful. So what did it look like when I was an apprentice barber?

GHT · Sep 10, 2019

GHT said:
That shirt gets worn for doing odd jobs around the house, or just for lounging in. It still gets worn, I'm pleased about that, don't want to be ungrateful. So what did it look like when I was an apprentice barber?

What did Tina come up as a replacement? Something that goes well with the car and just about anything else too. I should have consulted her in the first place.

GHT · Sep 15, 2019

Time to give Tina's lovely shirt another outing, she made the trousers too. We are off to see friends Harvelle & Martin who own and run the beautiful 17th century The Drovers Inn, where we are going to enjoy lunch, while the other diners take photos of the car. Martin is a saxophonist, he plays in band that specialise in swing music from the era. It's how we met him.

GHT · Sep 15, 2019

Tina didn't put a hat on today, she said that her flower adornment would be in the way of a hat. With or without a hat she always, as she so delicately puts it, scrubs up well. Here's a couple of clandestine shots of her, one walking back from opening the garage door, you can see her flower adornment, and the other at the restaurant table when I said it was unusual to see her without a hat. She picked mine up and posed in it.

Bill Hughes · Sep 16, 2019

Yet another Hawaiian shirt from eBay. This time with a Brooks Brother's Panama. The pug looks black in the picture but it's really a dark navy.

GHT · Sep 16, 2019

Great combination Bill, the shirt design is cleverly thought out. Palm leaves are predominant in the foreground, with palm trees sitting on tiny atols in the ocean as the backdrop. I love it. One of my shirts has palm leaves but nothing as exotic as your's. You might keep this under your hat, (pun intended.) When I get asked what are those leaves, I like to say cannabis, smile and walk away. The look on the enquirer's face is priceless.

MikeBravo · Sep 18, 2019

Not Hawaiian, however in similar vein I recently thrifted this Samoan number:

GHT · Sep 18, 2019

There's only so many Aloha shirts you can have before it becomes predictable. Your Samoan shirt is just so enviable. The patterns look like they should be indigenous symbols, I hope they are, but what really caught my eye is the spearpoint collar, I love it, and I like the washed, yellow colour too. Got yourself one beautiful shirt there.

dh66 · Sep 18, 2019

MikeBravo said:
Not Hawaiian, however in similar vein I recently thrifted this Samoan number:

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That is a nice catch, sir!

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hatophile · Sep 18, 2019

MikeBravo said:
Not Hawaiian, however in similar vein I recently thrifted this Samoan number:

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Sweet.

GHT · Sep 18, 2019

This shirt has had so many remarks about it's origin. Where did you buy it? Being the most common. Telling the enquirer that my wife made it would result in a crest fallen face. But of late, I have seen a few variations on sale, both at festivals and on line. Tina remarked, when I told her: "I bet they don't line up panels or match the pattern on the breast pocket."
Don't show off dear.

Tukwila · Sep 18, 2019

MikeBravo said:
Not Hawaiian, however in similar vein I recently thrifted this Samoan number:

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That is a hand stenciled/painted shirt, and odds are the stencil was drawn and cut by hand as well.

I lived on Niue Island for a time and a local Tongan gent was very skilled in the process. I gave him money on occasion so he could make shirts, pillow cases, table clothes, etc., for the local villagers. His work was highly sought after.

You scored a great Samoan "Talofa" shirt.

Tukwila · Sep 18, 2019

GHT said:
This shirt has had so many remarks about it's origin. Where did you buy it? Being the most common. Telling the enquirer that my wife made it would result in a crest fallen face. But of late, I have seen a few variations on sale, both at festivals and on line. Tina remarked, when I told her: "I bet they don't line up panels or match the pattern on the breast pocket."
Don't show off dear.
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This is one of my favorites of your fabulous collection, sir. Just wonderful.

GHT · Sep 18, 2019

What a generous compliment, thank you very much. In one of the hat threads there's a question about switching from straw to felt hats. My reason for loving this time of year is not so much hats as seasonal shirts:

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