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The aloha shirt : spirit of the islands / Dale Hope with Gregory Tozian.
LIBRA GT617.H3 H66 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hope, Dale, author.
- Tozian, Gregory, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aloha shirts--History.
- Aloha shirts.
- Shirts, Men's--Hawaii.
- Shirts, Men's.
- Textile design--Hawaii.
- Textile design.
- Men's shirt industry--Hawaii.
- Men's shirt industry.
- Hawaii.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Snyder, Richard, 1933-2023 (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 211 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Publishing, 2000.
- Summary:
- "Illustrated with more than 700 images, The Aloha Shirt; Spirit of the Islands tells the colorful stories behind these marvelous Hawaiian shirts: as cultural icons, evocative of the mystery and the allure of the Islands; as collectibles, valued by professional collectors and by the millions of vacationers and servicemen who still cherish the shirts hanging in their closets; and as a lifestyle - casual, relaxed, and fun." "Drawing from hundreds of interviews, newspaper and magazine archives, and personal memorabilia, the author evokes the world of the designers, seamstresses, manufacturers, and retailers of the Golden Age of the Aloha shirt (from the '30s through the '50s), who created the industry and nurtured it from its single-sewing-machine-shop beginnings to an enterprise of international scope and importance. Here are the fun-loving '60s; interviews with collectors who preserve these shirts as fine works of art; and insights into the roles of coconut buttons, matched pockets, woven labels, and exotic fabrics in the evolution of the Aloha shirt."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Ancient Clothing 1
- 2 Tailor Shops to Factory Pioneers 11
- 3 A Community of Manufacturers 31
- 4 Designers in Paradise 55
- 5 Textiles and Printmakers 75
- 6 Island Retailers 99
- 7 Duke Kahanamoku and His Legacy 117
- 8 Celebrities and Their Shirts 133
- 9 Shirtmakers of the '60s 141
- 10 Labels and Buttons 157
- 11 The Collectors 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209).
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy is the special autographed edition with textile sample.
- ISBN:
- 1582700346
- 9781582700342
- OCLC:
- 45245442
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