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Tiki-Kate's Great Big Collection of Tikiwear (Image Heavy) |
TikiMango
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Posts: 798
From: Satellite Beach, FL
|  Posted: 2008-07-29 7:48 pm Permalink
Great collection. I wear Tiki/Hawaiian/Aloha shirts every single day to work. I don't even get funny looks any more. When I do wear a "normal" shirt I get asked if I am feeling well.
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blue.octopus
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Joined: Jun 02, 2008
Posts: 68
From: London, UK
| Posted: 2008-07-30 12:28 pm Permalink
This is a fantastic collection and great thread. I second the book idea. In the meantime how about a dedicated website/wiki where we can browse the collection and you can include more about the manufacturer, pattern and material?
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Tiki-Kate
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Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2008-08-11 12:10 am Permalink
There's definitely a book in the works, but it's not mine. Some of my wardrobe will be included though. 
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kingstiedye
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From: sackatomato
| Posted: 2008-08-11 07:47 am Permalink
I'm happy to say some of my crazier vintage shirts are gonna be in that book too. see ya soon kate and Sven.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10600
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-08-11 08:41 am Permalink
...it'll be challenge to reproduce those Poly-POP!!! colors of your shirts, Bullet, but Martin McIntosh is aware of it and we will make them glow! I am going to be hunting down people at Oasis and pulling on their shirts to let me photograph them if they are cool vintage Tiki shirts....and IF i do not already have that pattern. Once you get into something deeply, things start doubling up...but sometimes that's good, too, then I have the luxury to choose the better cut. It is astonishing how man great Tiki shirts have the Tikis cut up, upside down or in all the wrong places.
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Tiki Kaimuki
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Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 815
From: OAKLAND, baby
| Posted: 2008-08-11 8:46 pm Permalink
Kate, Beautiful collection of shirts and a good reference source. I am envious!
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Tiki-Kate
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Joined: Sep 21, 2003
Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2008-09-14 4:31 pm Permalink
Here's what I've picked up over the past few weeks.
I've only found a few newer shirts.
But there's been lots of vintage.
And something girly. Yeah!
These last few don't have tons of tikis, but I couldn't resist the colors.
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Bora Boris
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Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2416
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2008-09-14 10:10 pm Permalink
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On 2008-09-14 16:31, Tiki-Kate wrote:
And something girly. Yeah!
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What exactly do you mean by "girly"?
Maybe you shouldn't be throwing the word "girly" around so freely.
Just a thought.
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Tiki-Kate
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Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2008-09-25 7:06 pm Permalink
I usually only post on this thread when I have about 15 to 20 new items, but I bought these two shirts on line recently, and I thought they deserved their own post.
I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that I actually have Holy Grail shirts. The first is one of them. It's not the best example of the style, but it's the only one I've come across.
I had been watching the second shirt for ages. It was a little out of my usual price range, but I finally broke down and got it.
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Tiki-Kate
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From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2009-03-03 6:06 pm Permalink
Thought I'd update the shirt thread again before I lost track of the newest additions.
I didn't find much in my price range over the past several months, but I have high hopes for Spring.
I really love this pattern. I also have it in a men's shirt and a little robe.
I picked up this dress back in December.
Apparently, this was a docent's skirt from the Bishop Museum.
These next three were presents from Boris. (It's good to have friends who support your insanity. )
I came across a few newer designs.
And a few more vintage shirts.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10600
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-03-03 7:58 pm Permalink
Nice update, Kate!
I always wanted to find this one:
...since all its images are copied from matchbook covers pictured in the Book of Tiki. 
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 907 | Posted: 2009-03-04 11:18 pm Permalink
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On 2008-08-11 08:41, bigbrotiki wrote:
It is astonishing how man great Tiki shirts have the Tikis cut up, upside down or in all the wrong places.
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I've taken Tiki-Kate's edict to heart and I'm only purchasing tiki shirts with actual tikis on them... I don't have that many yet (it's hard to find my size, small) but three of them have a tiki that is covered by the pocket!!! Without the pocket, they would be the most prominent tiki on each shirt.
I removed the pocket of one... tempted to do the same with the others... but then where am I gonna put my little umbrellas as I finish each mai tai?!?
Great collection, Kate! I covet it! (Great, one more thing to covet... I know where I'm going in a hand basket)
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10600
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-03-05 08:09 am Permalink
I know. One of the frustrations of the TIKI shirt collector is HOW MANY of them have the actual Tikis printed upside down, located on seams or edges of the shirt, sliced in half --it sometimes seems they are obscured on purpose!
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3946
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-03-09 5:47 pm Permalink
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On 2009-03-09 07:42, Tiki-Kate wrote:
I even found a pair of trunks. (I tried them on, and they're actually pretty darn cute.)
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Tiki Kate
Tiki-Kate,
You need to add a swim suit edition to your shirts!
DC
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Tiki Joe
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Joined: Feb 15, 2005
Posts: 149
From: Cincinnati, O-Hi-Yo
| Posted: 2009-03-09 7:20 pm Permalink
Guess what?
Tiki Butt!
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