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[dr greg]

I just wondered if there are any other aficianados of "island" shirts hereabouts, by this I mean not only the classic Aloha shirts of the 40's-50's of which I have several, but those from the South Pacific. My taste verges on 'tiki' but I prefer the earlier styles.

 

[scotrace]

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I have some Aloha shirts and like them a lot.

Can you show us the difference? Any photos?

 

[dr greg]

a start

I put this one up before in another thread but it's gone, so here's a classic rayon 50's Fijian probably made in japan before the local garment industry was properly established.

this one is most likely early 60's local manufacture, note the broad design fairly typical of south seas tapa.

This is a nice detail from a mid 50's rayon

a bit different from this wonderful 50's PALI HAWAIIAN STYLE which is one of my favourites

this a nice tapa from fiji possibly late 60's

this one effectively dated to pre-1965 SPEEDO label

original hang tag

other similar era SPEEDO

dig this detail from a 50's rayon japanese made