Aloha Boys: The Hawaiian Shirt Is Back

One Hawaiian shirt sighting doesn’t make it summer but it’s a surefire sign that silly season — a time when British men approach fashion with a little more vim and vigor than is standard practice — is just around the bend. Proof of this comes from Mr Porter, which has chosen the closing scenes of April as the perfect time to launch an exclusive collection with Prada that’s far from shy on vivacity. Spanning 32 pieces, the collection, draws on bowling aesthetics of the Fifties and Eighties and features printed T-shirts, floral prints and blouson jackets. Its hero piece? You guessed it. A bowling shirt splayed with a tropical motif. AllSaints has shown similar excitement towards the item that’s packed with more summer fun than a bottle of rosé with a capsule collection of Hawaiian shirts sourced from its archive. Read more at Evening Standard.