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Tropical Shirts and Clothing (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Nancy N. Schiffer

Schiffer Publishing, 1998

Over 300 beautiful print shirts, dresses, and bathing suits-acquired on vacation in the tropics-brought home to preserve the memory, cherished, and shown here to recall and enjoy. Lovely florals, maps, famous scenes, something of the lush vacation lifestyle. The book is organized by tropical locations: the South Pacific, Hawaii, California, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, the West Indies...and the designs are inspired by the ...

Aloha Attire: Hawaiian Dress in the Twentieth Century

1 review
Linda B. Arthur

Schiffer Publishing, 1999

Finally a historically accurate book on Hawaiian clothing!
It's about time that someone finally did real research into Hawaiian clothing, including the aloha shirt. This book is historically accurate. Much of what has previously been published is erroneous. What most of the world knows about Hawaiian clothing comes from the use of aloha shirts after WW2. While our beautiful environment stimulated the production of bold and beautiful textiles, these ...

Hawaiian Shirt Designs

3 reviews
Nancy N. Schiffer

Schiffer Publishing, 2000

Complete, beautifully photographed and written.
In addition to its beauty, Schiffer's book is complete and historically accurate. This is a book you will read over and over again.

The Hawaiian Shirt: Its Art and History (Recollectibles)

5 reviews
H. Thomas Steele

Abbeville Press, 1984

Good color pictures, some inaccuracies in the text.
While the photos of the classic "silkies" are fine, and most of the text is correct, there are some historical inaccuracies.

The Aloha Shirt 2004 Calendar

Ronnie Sellers Productions, 2003

The golden age of aloha shirts was a time when island artists and designers painted vivid pictures of sunsets, surfers, tropical flowers, and, of course, hula girls. Today, the shirts are collector's items. In The Aloha Shirt Calendar we showcase a selection of these colorful shirts along with historical anecdotes and manufacturing information.

Of Aloha shirts and Armani. (opening of a Neiman Marcus Hawaii department store in Hawaii): An article from: ...
Derek Paiva

Hawaii Business Publishing Co., 1998

This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 805 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Of Aloha shirts and Armani. ...

The Art of the Aloha Shirt

2 reviews
DeSoto Brown, Linda B. Arthur

Island Heritage Publishing, 2002

Pop culture meets the Aloha shirt
If you were ever even slightly curious about Aloha shirts then this is the book for you! Well illustrated and written it makes a fun read. The Art of the Aloha Shirt includes not just examples of many of the patterns commonly seen in these shirts but also photos of the shirts as worn in the 1930s, 1940s and beyond. Great pics of some of the more common labels and some of the advertising ...

Hawaiian Shirts: Dress Right For Paradise
Nancy N. Schiffer

Schiffer Publishing, 2004

If you plan to enter paradise, you'll want to dress for it. Here are over 1000 glorious color photgraphs of Hawaiian-inspired textile designs on shirts that will thrust wide the pearly gates. Fantastic florals, heavenly Hawaiian designs, gorgeous geometrics, beautiful birds, special surfing scenes, jumping Japanese prints, fabulous fish, luscious landscapes, favorite foods, compulsory cocktails, and plenty of styling details will motivate your ...

Aloha Shirt, The: Spirit Of The Islands

11 reviews
Dale Hope

Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2000

Profusely and beautiful illustrated
Dale Hope grew up in the Hawaiian garment industry, taking over his father's clothing business at the age of 26. As the art director of Kahala Sportswear, Hope oversees the creation and manufacturing of 150 new Aloha shirt designs annual. In The Aloha Shirt: Spirit Of The Islands, Hope collaborates with writer Gregory Tozian to offer a magnificent, coffee-table artbook dedicated to the history of ...

The Aloha Shirt 2002 Calendar

Ronnie Sellers Productions, 2001

Aloha Shirt Deluxe 2004 Engagement Calendar

Te Neues Publishing Company, 2003

The Aloha Shirt 2005 Calendar
Dale Hope, Gregory Tozian, 2004

Aloha Shirt 2003 Calendar
Beyond Words Publishing

Ronnie Sellers Productions, 2002

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