Do you wear Hawaian (Aloha) shirts?

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Posted: 8/13/2015 6:29:57 PM EDT

Well, do you? They make CCW a bunch easier.

Colorful? Yes. Comfortable? For sure. Tacky? Depends on who you ask. Hawaiian — ??or "Aloha" — ??shirts are among the world'??s most polarizing garments. Their vibrant journey to the mainland and beyond is a tale of surfers, sailors, and cultural crossroads.

Aloha shirts also owe a tremendous debt — ??and their very name — ??to Chinese-Hawaiian businessman Ellery Chun. After graduating from Yale with a degree in economics, Chun returned to his family's dry good store in Honolulu in 1931. With the Great Depression in full swing, Chun'??s establishment — ??like thousands of others — ??looked destined for collapse.

Then, in 1936, a light bulb went off. As he told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin many decades later, "??I got the idea to promote a local style of shirt."? Like Young, he chose yukata cloth, and Chun's sister Ethel created tropical designs. Their finished products were placed â??in the front window of the store with a sign that said "??Aloha Shirts."? (Being business-savvy, he copyrighted the term.) "They were a novelty item at first,"? says Chun, "??but I could see that they had great potential."? He wasn'??t wrong.

Shortly thereafter, Hawaiian shirts underwent mass production. On the front lines stood Alfred Shaheen, a WWII veteran who'??d set up his own clothing business ("Shaheen'??s of Honolulu"?) in 1948. Alohas were his big specialty, and as sales boomed, he hired a team of local artists to design lively motifs that included Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiian imagery. By 1959, Shaheen had 400 employees and netted over $4 million in annual profits, making him the new state'??s foremost Aloha shirt manufacturer.

If your workplace relaxes its dress code once a week, go ahead and thank tropical garb devotees. Hawaii can get unrelentingly humid, which isn'??t the best environment for dark, heavy business suits. The '60s saw Honolulu'??s fashion industry launch "??Operation Liberation," a campaign designed to promote the wearing of lighter, more informal duds around Hawaiian offices.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:31:02 PM EDT

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no

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:31:44 PM EDT

[#2]

I feel too "old guy" in them. But I do wear light button downs that are similar, just not the wacky print.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:33:05 PM EDT

[#3]

I don't mind them, but I lack the requisite mustache and Detroit Tigers hat to properly pull one off.

So I vote pie.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:33:41 PM EDT

[#4]

Only when I'm in Hawaii.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:33:58 PM EDT

[#5]

80's are calling

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:34:04 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/13/2015 6:35:01 PM EDT

[#7]

No.

Ahola,
Tony

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:35:10 PM EDT

[#8]

Casual Fridays..........AKA: Aloha Fridays.

Aloha, Mark

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:35:27 PM EDT

[#9]

They are comfortable and colorful.

Wear them whenever i want. Rayon type material is the best.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:35:29 PM EDT

[#10]

When I worked at the Cape, the group I was with had Hawaiian shirt Fridays, I have been wearing one on Friday ever since.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:36:10 PM EDT

[#11]

No but I have some guyaveras.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:40:42 PM EDT

[#12]

No, I do have a couple bowling style shirts that serve the same purpose.

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Posted: 8/13/2015 6:42:10 PM EDT

[#13]

Nope do not have.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:42:46 PM EDT

[#14]

Never owned one.

Aloha, Tom

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:43:20 PM EDT

[#15]

I'm a retro-sexual so, yes indeed.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:45:04 PM EDT

[#16]

I'm a fat old man who's bald and lives in SoCal ... what do you think?

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:48:00 PM EDT

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Less awful a statement than cowboy poser wear.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:48:59 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/13/2015 6:49:44 PM EDT

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No and I was at Schofield for a couple of years.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:50:05 PM EDT

[#20]

No...

Aloha, Harley

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:51:22 PM EDT

[#21]

I like a stylish bowling style shirt or a tastefully updated Guayabera

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:51:28 PM EDT

[#22]

Negative.

Aloha,

A straight guy in his 20's

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:52:36 PM EDT

[#23]

Yes, Fridays

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:53:36 PM EDT

[#24]

There's only two kinds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big, fat party animals.

You don't look like a big, fat party animal to me, OP.

Posted: 8/13/2015 6:56:40 PM EDT

[#25]

I may have 2 or 3 in the closet....

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:00:05 PM EDT

[#26]

I have a few light-colored ones, generally white or natural cotton, with geometric or "tribal" designs on them rather than the Thomas Magnum specials, although I do want a real one of those.

Yes, I know where to find one. Just need to have some spare shekels after SWMBO gets through with my paycheck.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:00:12 PM EDT

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I resemble that remark.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:00:34 PM EDT

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It's pretty much all I have worn outside of work for a couple months now.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:00:55 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/13/2015 7:04:17 PM EDT

[#30]

I'm big and heavy enough...

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:04:41 PM EDT

[#31]

If I ever go to Hawaii I might.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:04:46 PM EDT

[#32]

Homer Simpson said that Hawaiian shirts are worn by fat party animals or gay men.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:04:51 PM EDT

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Aloha shirts?
I bought a new one during every RON at Hickham.
I have like 87 of them now, all in green and tan and black predominant patterns that can double as camouflage.

When we move to the Big Island, I'm set.

Except for the whole lack of CC thing....

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:05:41 PM EDT

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I have some toned-down Reyn Spooner shirts.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:06:09 PM EDT

[#35]

Fuck no.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:08:45 PM EDT

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That's tier 1 for the genre.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:10:21 PM EDT

[#37]

Only when shooting revolver... and I have my hair and mustache to match.

That's actually a fucking awesome Volcom shirt, the entire pattern behind the flowers is tiny Volcom symbols.

I have a really slick Hawaiian type shirt that was woodblock style dark brown bamboo stalks and leaves on white, and some of my Dad's nice NICE 70's Hawaiian shirts, some of which are surprisingly valuable now.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:11:02 PM EDT

[#38]

Oddly enough I just bought my first for my trip to Hawaii in two weeks.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:11:13 PM EDT

[#39]

Guayaberas.

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:11:34 PM EDT

[#40]

Sometimes. But those days almost always involve some time at the Tiki Bar.

Cheers!
-JC

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:12:32 PM EDT

[#41]

I've got the original red fabric, green fronds, and purple and yellow parrot Magnum PI shirt....

Hell yes!

Posted: 8/13/2015 7:13:31 PM EDT

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This here. Going somewhere Aloha formal, I'll throw on a Hawaiian shirt.

I do have a very gaudy Hilo Hatties shirt that I break out once on any trip to Hawaii so I can blend in with the tourists. Works extremely well