2023-08-18

Hawaiian Shirt Day 2023

Among the personal fashion faux pas I've observed in my travels is the dreaded 'Hawaiian Shirt'. The colorful so-called 'tropical designs' are a lot of tacky nonsense in my world of fashion sense.

AKA the "aloha shirt" the Hawaiian shirt, is a style of dress shirt which has it's beginnings in Hawaii.

My business attire consists of a rather lengthy shower follwed by long sleeve white shirt, appropriate trousers, hard leather shoes, and a matching belt. My casual attire is typically some dress shorts with a polo shirt and a pair of Sketchers or one of the several sets of wingtip brogues in my wardrobe. Those spheres in which I circulate are inappropriate for anything in a Hawaiian motif ... shirt or otherwise. I suppose that they have their appropriate venues such as a luau on some balmy Waikiki evening with the local delicacies punctuating that tropicalness of it all ...

They are collared and buttoned dress shirts, usually short-sleeved and made from printed fabric — traditionally worn untucked ...

But can be worn tucked into the waist of trousers.
 

Hawaiian Shirts


Today is Hawaiian Shirt Day.

It is typically celebrated on the third Friday in August so this year it falls on August 18. This observance marks the official day that Hawaii joined the U.S., making it the fiftieth state in the US. So if the flamboyance suits your personality by all means go out and buy yourself a closet full of Aloha Shirts. If you're a tad more conservative — such as I am you may abstain altogether.

Regardless, I hope you celebrate the day in the manner that you wish and if you're so inclined, a very happy Hawaiian Shirt Day to you !