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I’m not really one for patterns and prints. Stripes and the occassional leopard print shoe are about as bold as I get. However, I’ve got a serious soft spot for Hawaiian print.
I’d like to tell you a fun story about how it started with my love for Elvis’ Blue Hawaii and the beach, but I’m from Minnesota. I know snow (and Prince) better than anyone, which actually might explain why I’m so drawn to this tropical print…
This spring, we saw it just about everywhere (and we are going to talk more about how to wear it soon!) but it was this shirt that really got me. It’s from Saint Laurent and it’s mens– which is actually great becuase the fit is a little bit boxier so you will feel, well, like the king himself. Since it’s May, I’m officially declaring the beginning of Hawaiian shirt season.
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Hello Alex!
Waou! il se lâche Hedi! C’est pas très politiquement Saint Laurent… Mais moi je dis comme toi pourquoi pas! Ca va peut être attirer la chaleur sur NYC!
xoxo
Alix
http://www.blushandbeyond.net
Niveau imprimé, je suis plutôt imprimé fleuri en ce moment (j’adore les fleurs!!!)
Des bisous
Le monde des petites
http://www.lemondedespetites.com/
this is so unexpected… i don’t hedi since he joined ysl…
http://littleaesthete.com
Ce genre de chemise Hawaïenne me fait penser à Magnum, je ne pense pas que je pourrais en porter!
Mafalda
http://mafaldadotzero.blogspot.fr
Imagine a time when guys used to wear these kind of shirts all the time. I love how Hedi takes all the classics and makes them just a little bit better. This would look amazing on any girl!
Simona
Simona/OFF DUTY Still some time for my GIVEAWAY: fuller, shinier hair with Phylia deM.
Très belle chemise ! Parfaite pour ces vacances !
http://www.younglington.wordpress.com
Not a big fan of print either but I can really see my self in this Hawaiian beauty this summer!
http://chaloth.se
Love this post, who can hate a Hawaiian shirt when it’s so happy? So funny that I also posted on prints today, but my confession is that I am OBSESSED with patterns! Check it out if you have a chance http://www.enduringethereal.com/home/2014/4/30/print-addict
Et pour se mettre dans l’ambiance, une chanson de circonstance…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtToc5EmSho&feature=kp
I like to keep things pretty simple but this aloha shirt is just so sunny and happy!
xx, Kristi
http://www.currentlycrushing.com
Love it!
http://somebodyfromsomewhere.blogspot.com/
Hawaii is hot all right and not just the temperature there. I’m leaving in a few weeks for Kauai where I will hunt for vintage shirts. I’m bringing back fabric to make purses. Aloha.
http://www.trailblazerhawaii.com
Claire you will find lots of GREAT vintage shirts in Kauai…i found some amazing ones last summer…..
LOVE kauai and I go there often
have fun !
http://www.fashionsphinx.com
Neither am I…but the hot weather seems to affect my colour/fashion sense…as its all prints and tropicals for me!!
http://vodkaandarose.blogpot.co.ukj
love that shirt
http://hashtagliz.com
I really love wearing prints especially printed blouses….this one’s very cool! xx
http://aakinal.com
Je me souviens quand les chemises hawaiennes etaient a la mode, en 2002-2003. Jusqu’a maintenant elles me font horreur. Je prefere les voir sur les hommes haitiens qui parlent dans le parc pres de chez moi, ils ramenent un peu de chaleur d’Haiti dans nos vies. Mais sur moi, Haitienne ou pas, Fashionista ou pas, NO WAY.
Je ne suis pas super fan de ce motif moi pour le coup!
Xx
http://www.Lauralexo.com
I love Hawaiian shirts ! I even started my own little collection of vintage ones because my boyfriend has been himself collecting them for many years and now has 120 shirts, coded by themes…toucans,surfers,cities,beaches etc etc…..I wrote about it here
http://www.fashionsphinx.com/because-it-is-summer/
he also looks for great fabrics and has new shirts made to measure by a film costumer in NY
I now wear hawaiian shirts all summer with everything ….usually open with a slouchy white tank top underneath
http://www.fashionsphinx.com
http://youtu.be/-fIcl3mDpdU
Zeus ! Apollon ! Couché !
Ah encore toute ma jeunesse …
I find it funny how even the most commonly despised clothes eventually happen to be in style. I think it was Nina Garcia who claimed in one of her books that hawaiian shirts are tacky and they never fit anyone. Still, I’ve always thought such statements were quite risky, because something that appears disgusting today may look just right tomorrow – sometimes it needs just a little touch up.
Oh Alex. That shirt has got my dreaming since I saw it on the runway!! Perhaps you could send it to me lol
Nice shirt , i like the print!
Passa a trovarmi VeryFP
J’avoue c’est pas aussi facile à porter que des rayures ou des carreaux, mais je suis sûre que l’été portée blousée sur son short, ça doit être CANON ;-)
Alixxx
http://alixdebeer.com
Je vis dans le sud de la Floride ou l’on voit ces chemises (en polyester) a tous les coins de rue.
Pour moi c’est non !
Love your blog!
I’m posting looks from Los Angeles and accessories:
http://www.thegavlaks.com
Prints have really started to grow on me in the past year. I like this one, but would prefer a different color.
http://abfunkyjungle.blogspot.it
Je crois, en fait, que tu as besoin de vacances au SOLEIL !!!
Donc viens faire un tour sur mon blog http://www.cinquanteansetalors.com où je présente ma ville MARSEILLE, la capitale européenne de la culture en 2013, ou il fait toujours très beau et ou tu pourras porter cette jolie chemise régulièrement car nous avons la mer, le soleil et le bleu du ciel provençal qui seront parfaitement raccord !
Bizz de pimprenelle
jolie ! j’aime celle-ci egalement, j’ignore le créateur ou creátrice :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYTYdTmUcs
Hawaiian never goes out of style. In the ’80s, it was a way to be retro and slightly subversive–it was after the long hair of the ’70s, so for guys who wanted to be anti-establishment without being associated with hippies, the Hawaiian shirts fit the bill in an office of white shirts and dark ties.
I recall a certain luau given at the apartment of a friend…who looked an awful lot like Magnum P.I….he brought in bags of sand and turned his living room into a beach, with a kiddie pool.
My husband has a closet full of Hawaiian shirts. The louder the better. He wears them as soon as temperatures rise past the 50s.
Oui à l’imprimé hawaïen! D’ailleurs, ma jupe favorite en ce moment est imprimée avec des petits palmiers :D
A 590 € le bout de tissu, même Magnum fait l’impasse …
Bon, même si c’est du Saint Laurent … je n’arrive pas à être fan ;-)
Ce motif rappelle les tissus ethnique wax. Saint Laurent a fait fort !
Gazelle
http://www.tendanceetgazelle.blogspot.com
This flower-print shirt is really cool for SPRING!
http://fashion-soup.com/
Just a question for you Alex :
Would you find it funny and fashionable if none of the expensive fashion designer were selling some ?
I personally don’t like the hawaiian print, I find it “mauvais goût”, but it’s not the question.
There are so many things that comes back in fashion, it’s cyclic, you can like it or not, but if those were only sold at top shop, with no designer name on it and didn’t appear on a cat walt, would you like it ?
Don’t get me wrong this is no bad intentioned criticism, just a question for you, I’m really curious about your answer.
(And sorry if me syntax is not right, I’m from switzerland..)
Have a nice day !
Marie
When it’s done wrong: awful. When it’s done right: the perfect balance between casual/chic!
Bring on the prints…
http://www.creataurus.co.uk
Love it! I have a pair of Hawaiian print high waisted shorts. Can’t wait to wear them
quand on me dit chemise hawaienne, je pense moustache, ferrari et Magnum…(qui est THE VRP de la chemise hawaienne)
http://img.over-blog.com/360×450/3/85/87/04/Series-annees-80/MAGNUM/277104.jpg
http://img.over-blog.com/400×400/3/85/87/04/Series-annees-80/MAGNUM/12.jpg
(sympa avec le patte d’éph non??)
Me too, i can’t explain it but inner me i really love hawaii print shirt or t-shirt or a canvas tote bag etc (i can keep going on and on…)
It’s not fashionable kind of thingy, but for me i just love it, whenever see a hawaii print or items, my lips will automatically raise up…Hang Loose y’all!!