The Aloha Shirt Hardcover

Item: The Aloha Shirt Hardcover

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The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands
By Dale Hope, Gregory Tozian
"The Aloha Shirt" provides a stunning pictorial history of the evolution of the Hawaiian shirt as an icon of relaxation, casual dress, and the allure of the islands. Includes a gallery of shirts which shows the best collection ever assembled of rare and valuable shirts. 400 color photos.
Cultural icon and bon vivant Homer Simpson has opined that the only people who wear Hawaiian shirts are gay guys and big, fat party animals. Hope and Tozian put the lie to Homer in a lush, loving look at aloha shirts and the industry that provides them. Part fashion history, part cultural exploration, the marvelously well illustrated tome examines the rise of Hawaii's image as a tourist's paradise, a perception engineered by far-sighted folks intent on making a buck. After reviewing competing claims as to who "invented" the aloha shirt, Hope and Tozian delve into the manufacturers that made it a perdurable icon of carefree relaxation. Amidst all the knockout threads on display, they sprinkle color pictures of vintage labels and the coconut buttons the authentic shirts sported. Languidly informative and pretty as a hula dancer, this is a book to please anyone interested in Hawaiian tourism and culture, in fashion, or in big, gorgeous picture books.
Edition: illustrated
Published by Beyond Words Pub., 2000
Book Details: Language: english
Physical Description: xiv, 211 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
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