Vintage Aloha Shirt, Circa 1960 The aloha shirt, also referred to as the Hawaiian shirt, is a style of dress shirt originating from Hawaii. They are usually short-sleeved and made from printed fabric. Often worn untucked, and worn casually or as informal business attire in Hawaii. "Aloha Friday", a now-common tradition of celebrating the end of the workweek by wearing more casual attire on Fridays, initially grew out of an effort to enhance the island spirit. The basic design of the Aloha shirts is: printed, mostly short-sleeved, and collared. They usually have a left chest pocket sewn in, often with attention to ensure the printed pattern remains continuous. Aloha shirts may be worn by men or women. Women's aloha shirts...
Eddie The Head, Derek Riggs, hidden messages and The Final FrontierHeavy metal’s identity is rooted almost as deeply in its imagery as the music itself, and British pioneers Iron Maiden were (and some band members still are) proud exponents of the long hair, ripped-denim, spandex and leather uniform of the '80s. Maiden’s image, however, is all the more enduring - and somewhat remarkably for a heavy metal band, endearing - thanks to the most famous band mascot of all time, Eddie The Head. Originally designed by Derek Riggs, adopted by the band, and brought to life as a blood-drooling mask at the back of the stage; Eddie’s been a perennial, zombie-like fixture at almost every gig, and on almost every...
Plastic recovery: How your T-shirt purchase will prevent a kilogram of plastic rubbish from entering the ocean. For every T-shirt order made during our ‘One Tee One Kg’ promotion, a kilogram of ocean-bound plastic is recovered and recycled - the equivalent of 50 plastic bottles. We count the orders and fund the plastic recovery that is done through our friends at Plastic Bank. The offer is enabled automatically on all restore t-shirt purchases, so all that's left for you to do is is to rock the restore t-shirt that you buy and help spread the word of #noplanetb. Find out when the next One Tee One Kg weekend is on by following u’s on Instagram or read on to learn more about how the...
Upon release in 1989, Do The Right Thing shook the film world. Though director Spike Lee had earned indie acclaim with earlier efforts She’s Gotta Have It and School Daze, Do the Right Thing announced Lee to mainstream America. The film netted two Oscar nominations and took in nearly $40 million on a budget of $6 million. The Style Legacy of Spike Lee Do the Right Thing is routinely praised for giving voice to issues black communities deal with every day. The film also gave voice to style trends that were emerging in Brooklyn at the time. Lee introduced Bed-Stuy’s burgeoning street style of the era to a wide audience, helping shape trends in men’s fashion that would resonate throughout...
Champion is an institution. The American heritage brand established by the Feinloom brothers in 1919 in Rochester, New York, was here with an eye on quality athletic garments long before sportswear was ever considered fashionable. Throughout the ’60s to most of the ’90s, brands like Nike, adidas, and Reebok, weren’t seen at all on the courts and fields—rather, Champion was the sole brand outfitting the NCAA, later supplying the NFL in the ’70s and the NBA in the ’90s. photo: champion-eu.com But even before all that, Champion was a heralded and trusted brand because of a simple technique in modern apparel production that proved to be a technological marvel—their invention of the Reverse Weave. Champion’s crowning achievement was found in their most basic...
