Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

[randooch]

Beautiful photograph!

 

[carouselvic]

Harlow is 9 weeks, 11 hrs. The hat is 50-60's from the May Co. And thanks.

 

[hatophile]

Great name for baby!

 

[Lando]

Even the cemetery can be lovely on a sunny day lol.

Stetson Open Road 4X, reshaped to more my style.

Great photos guys all over the thread.

 

[TomS]

Great tats, dude!

 

[150719541]

Very shady looking character at a burlesque/swingjive New Years Eve party, at the start of this year.
I make my own tropical shirts, but I just couldn't find the sort of material that would create the oomph
that is burlesque. And then someone gave me emma's name, from Dupenny. That talented lady, silk
screened the material, it was rather expensive, so I asked my very skilled dress making wife to design,
cut and make the shirt. Have to say, I am very pleased with it, although it's not the sort of attire to be
seen in elsewhere. Not unles you want to raise eyebrows, that is.

Nice combo ¡¡¡ I like style ¡¡¡¡

 

[mikespens]

This post needs a bump so here's a very low key Hawaiian shirt, cotton/hemp Duke Kahanamoku with coconut buttons and embroidery. Blacksheep Hat Works milan on top. Headed to an outdoor wedding today.

 

[Chepstow]

Mike, sharp outfit, looks great on you!

 

[Duper]

Sitting on the balcony of our stateroom on the Ruby Princess over the recent March Break somewhere in the Caribbean.

 

[RBH]

You are living the life my friend!!!

 

[mikespens]

Good for you Duper. Nice to see this thread get some life, bout time for some Hawaiian shirts and panamas.

 

[TomS]

Nice Mike, and Duper. I guess I need a Hawaiian too!

 

[GHT]

At last we have some fine weather to enjoy. What better way of celebrating that, than to bump this thread. Have any of you treated yourselves to a new tropical shirt of late? Am I allowed to plug my own? I import the fabric from a company in Honolulu, via the internet, then make bespoke shirts for friends and others on the dance circuit. Given the lovely sunshine, it seemed a good opportunity to show you a few from my wardrobe.
This, I jokingly refer to as a plane shirt. It often takes a while for the penny to drop before the pun is translated.


This one is the handicraft of my lovely lady, note the way the panels and breast pocket all line up, you can hardly see the join.


I get many orders for this fabric, I haven't named it, but it's also popular with the ladies, made a few dresses in this.


This is Woody, a real favourite, again all the panels line up. Look carefully at the elbow of the centre model. Can you just see the breast pocket?


The lady in Honolulu told me that they call this fabric: Bird of Paradise. It's easy to see why. I just love it.


I hope you like them, and I do hope that one or two of you can keep this thread going for a while.
Sorry for the edit, but for those who may ask, I use many paper patterns, but far and away the most popular is Simplicity 5581

 

[ManofKent]

Great shirts GHT - I particularly like the ones with the young ladies on

 

[seabass]

Great shirts GHT - I particularly like the ones with the young ladies on

Very Nice Indeed !
Great work on the shirts !

 

[johnnycanuck]

Fantastic looking shoes. What are they? And what hat do you have there? Looks like one of the old Federations before the dimensional brim.
Johnny

 

[GHT]

Thanks for your compliments, you are supposed to be looking at the shirts. But as you have such a smooth way with words.
The hat comes from Edinburgh, a shop called Fabhatrix. I chanced across it during a visit to Scotland a few years back. My hat
size has always been a problem, I have what is termed as, a double crown, which means I need very large hats. Seven and
three quarters, or 62cm in metric. The lady that runs Fabhatrix has a similar problem, we struck an immediate empathy. When
she cannot source a particular hat for me, she, or one of her suppliers will make it. She's been an absolute Godsend.
The shoes I wear practically all the time, (not the same ones)they are from Colin Johnson Shoes in Surrey. Colin is a truly talented, and these days, rare shoemaker. Both companies can easily be found online.

 

[T Jones]

Hawaiian Shirt and Panama

One of my Hawaiian shirts and my Panama....

 

[mikespens]

One of my favorite threads, thanks for the contributions GHT and TJ.

 

[The Rag And Bone Man]

Beautiful shirts GHT, you really must commend your lovely lady on such a fine job, and superbly chosen fabric. And thanks for the hint on the shoe makers name, just been over to his web site, they look really nice and not a bad price either for handmade.