The Hawaiian Shirt Returns To The Island

Over the last five(ish) years, the Hawaiian shirt has gone from humble to haute, becoming the favoured summer canvas for designers to project their most delicate and daring visions. We’ve seen Frankenstein prints at Prada, photos of flowers picked from the designer’s Antwerp garden at Dries van Noten and original paintings by Raymond Pettibon at Dior. But much like wide leg trousers, avocado green bathrooms and the return of populism in Europe, trends inevitably return to the source, which means that this summer the printed shirt has gone full retro Honolulu, with big, bright, cartoonish flowers and lots of red and yellow the pervading themes. If the last few years have been about the high fashion, avant- garde pursuit of the camp collar, this summer we’re looking at a luxury all-inclusive on the Big Island vision of Aloha style. Read more at Esquire.