The Chilly Hawaiian

Brr, its a chilly morning here, we're not all that used to cool weather. I was looking over the Wave Shoppe Hawaiian shirts webstore and came across a nice Hawaiian shirt that woudl be great for the holiday.

Its a mans Hawaiian shirt that has white orchid flowers and red hibiscus flowers, along with some palm leaf. The "Hawaiian Gardens Hawaiian shirt" certainly has lots of pop and initially looks a tad loud, but people like loud shirts.

Its the authors personal opinion, but if your going to be hanging out by Christmas decorations you want your clothing to stand out. In general its expected that colorful items will dominate the landscape, this mens shirt does the job quite well, we know its partially because of the black cotton that the design is printed on.

But different strokes, for different folks they say, if your wanting something less visible then have look at all of the Hawaiian shirts offered for a man in Wave Shoppe's mens clothing department.

There is also a few tropical accessories that look good with that style of mens clothing, as well as items for the ladies such as footwear, dresses and Aloha shirts, lots of Aloha shirts.

Men Wear Red for Christmas

Like it of not, the Christmas holiday is just around the corner. People have already started their Christmas shopping (gasp), and before Halloween and Thanksgiving I must add. People are already dusting off that ugly Christmas sweater, as well as purchasing tropical Hawaiian shirts for the occasion, not to be misconstrued with purchasing Aloha for gifts.

At Wave Shoppe, what the guys are going to wear is pretty clear, they will be decked out in red Aloha shirts

First on everyone's list is a red Hawaiian shirt featuring cereus flowers, which bloom at night and usually only on select lava rock, is off to a good start.

Yes, people buy other prints, but sales numbers indicate that red is by far the predominant color for this time of the year.


Once the remaining sizes for the cereus flower shirt make their way out of sewing, the cereus flower shirt may eventually topple the current reining king of red Hawaiian shirts, (drum roll please) the red Hawaiian shirt with orchid flowers!

But if red is not your thing you can still find some alternative colors on our website that will also look good for the holidays.

If your doing a tiki themed Christmas or Thanksgiving, have a look at our newly added tropical accessories category, we offer some really cool looking, as well as useful household items.

So now you have the inside scoop on Hawaiian fashion in Hawaii and on the mainland. Keep an eye on the mens section, in January we have some exciting new products that we think you will like a lot.

Mahalo

Sunsetting Summer with Aloha

Its hard to believe that Summer is pretty much over in many parts of the country. But that's not the case in some states such as Arizona, California, Nevada, Florida, Texas, Hawaii etc. just to name a few. We are lucky to live in one of those states, I live its pretty much summertime weather year round, we can wear Hawaiian shirts whenever we want to. P.S. if you have not caught on yet, we like the Wave Shoppe brand.

Don't despair, there is good news. The good news is that we have these things called vacations, which are usually taken in warmer, more tropical locations, such as Hawaii or Fiji. Whether you fly or cruise or drive, somewhere on the planet there is a place to wear Hawaiian clothing.

While its on my mind... the guys still need to make sure they wear their shirts correctly, here is a article on how to wear a Hawaiian shirt, follow some of our suggestions and you will avoid having people wondering who dresses you.

As far as threads go for the ladies, you can wear whatever you like. If your going tropical you can elect to wear a dress or even a womens Hawaiian shirt, the choice is yours. So as we say Aloha to Summer we must do so with our heads held high, its always warm somewhere and Summer will return before you know it.

Hawaiian Hospital Gowns

Our Hawaiian clothing store in Escondido is close to a downtown hospital that specializes in surgical procedures. I cannot tell you how many times we have had the family of the patients come into our store and ask if we sell muumuu’s. These people are sent on a mission usually by the patient who realizes that the hospital gowns they are given are not very good at covering them.

The hospital gowns they give you upon intake are notorious for being very thin and breezy in all the wrong places, good luck keeping the posterior covered. These patients are more alarmed about letting the family and friends see them naked that they are about actually relaxing and trying to heal. 

 

That is why I am so glad we stock a huge variety of mid-calf Hawaiian muumuu dresses here at the Wave Shoppe. Our Wave Shoppe brand muumuus are very roomy and comfy and they slip right over the head easily.

We make them right here in the USA from 100% cotton and they are so nice that the patient can wear them out of the hospital and also when they get home. Many wear them out in public and while running errands.

One of the nicest things about our mid-calf muumuus is that we have 2 pockets in our Wave Shoppe labeled muumuus.  We also use vibrant prints and bright colors and they tend to cheer up the patient just like a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Speaking of flowers, another popular gown for hospital patients are our flowered caftans which are extremely roomy. There are no other dresses made that offer as much room as a caftan. Comfort is important during recovery.

 

 

What does Santa wear to Photo Shoots

Well it is that time of year again where I am besieged with requests for Holiday shirts but my number one customer that stands out this year is probably good old Santa Claus. Seems there is a movement among professional photographers who are doing Christmas photos for families to have their photos taken on the beach with a Santa who wears red velvet pants and a red Hawaiian shirt.
I was first notified of this in a most unusual way. I used to put my home address on my Hawaiian shirt website accepting exchanges until I was visited at 8pm by someone who had a photo shoot to do with a family and he was supposed to play the role of Santa.

Now I am a careful person and when I saw this huge guy knocking at my door at 8pm I roused my own big guy from his recliner and told him to go see what was the matter…. He opened the door and our visitor started the conversation by saying “Please help me I need a red Hawaiian shirt tonight”! 

Personally I thought he was drinking just a little too much alcoholic egg nog but my husband thought him funny so he invited him to follow us to the Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirt store in Downtown Escondido and we would help him find just the right shirt for his red velvet pants……..

So… Santa followed us to our store and he chose a beautiful red shirt for his photo shoot so I bagged the red Hawaiian shirt with orchids and sent him on his merry way and we heard him exclaiming as he drove out of sight that Wave Shoppe has the best customer service this night.

 

Clothing for a Christmas without Snow

Ho ho ho merry Christmas and all of that. I have to be honest and state that it's nearly impossible to get in the Christmas spirit when you live in a state where it does not snow, such as southern California. I grew up in the Midwest in northern IL where we had temps as low as 40 below zero and snow, lots of traffic crippling snow. SOCAL weather in the winter is usually somewhere between 65 and 80 degrees in the winter months and temps in the low 50s at night is the norm.

Nonetheless I do my best to surround myself with things that remind me of Christmas. The vast majority of those items consist of the usual suspects, cookies, lights, television shows with the likes of Frosty the snowman, Grinch, holiday themed clothing, etc.

Why just yesterday I pulled the Santa shirt (pictured) from the back of my closet and placed it in my regular rotation. Since I work in a office and never get dirty, I should be able to wear the surfing Santa Hawaiian shirt 2 or 3 times a week before Christmas day.

One big advantage I have over other people is that since we actually own and operate a brick and mortar Hawaiian shirt store as well as a ecommerce website that lets us sample trends Internationally. We can quickly spot seasonal trends in specific shirting designs and adapt as needed. There are some prints that sell much better in the winter than they do in the spring or summer.

Take for example a mens red Hawaiian shirt with hibiscus flowers, while the combination is popular year round, sales for this particular shirt nearly triple during the holidays. The red Hawaiian shirts with orchid flowers are also very popular for Christmas. Some people buy them for gifting, and some simply buy them so they have something new to wear in holiday colors. These shirts are almost the same color red as holly berries.

Sales for women's clothing ramp up as well, but the real stars during the Christmas season are not women's Hawaiian shirts, it's the Hawaiian muumuu dresses that get all of the sales action, especially items like this navy blue mid-calf Hawaiian muumuu dress which is almost impossible to keep in stock during peak sales weeks. If your living in a warm weather state and are suffering from the same symptoms, swing by our store or visit our website and treat yourself to something with a little Aloha.

Mele Kalikimaka

Beer Shirts Hawaiian Style

With beer consumption on the constant rise its easy to see why the market is ever expanding, especially with the growth in craft beers. Hawaii is no exception, there are over a dozen full blown breweries and or brew pubs that brew beer in Hawaii. And lord know how many micro brewery's and craft brewers there are.

So whether you are a beer worshiper from Hawaii or stuck on the mainland wishing you were drinking beer in Hawaii, it's safe to say that beer in general has a pretty strong foothold.

With a plethora of beer themed items on the market you can really go overboard in broadcasting your love for beer. There is everything from key chains, signage, gifts, decorations, beer cookbooks etc. and the list goes on and on.

And them we have clothing to contend with such as beer themed t-shirts and you can even obtain a Hawaiian shirt adorned with beer bottles which also allows you to kill two birds with one stone if your gifting a Hawaiian shirt lovin beer drinker.

The beer shirt pictured is a really popular shirt in our store. Be it the detail in the beer bottles, matched button line and pocket, the navy blue color. or the hibiscus flowers, it's undeniably one of our best selling novelty shirts.

This timeless Hawaiian beer shirt is also available in our big Hawaiian shirt section on the website as well as in-store. The Wave Shoppe labeled shirt are graded all the way up to 5X and are overcut so they are guaranteed to have more wiggle room vs. our competitors. That's an important detail, especially if you are a big man searching for a well fitting shirt.

How to properly dispose of a Hawaiian shirt

As revered symbols of freedom and Aloha, all Hawaiian shirts must be treated with the utmost respect, especially when it becomes time to part ways with the magnificent shirt you have been wearing for the last 5 to 10 years.

 

According to a renowned and almost ancient Hawaiian shirt god "The shirt, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a well-fitting garment for public display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by first donning the garment and attending one last luau before deciding its ultimate fate."

 

Follow the steps in this guide below to dispose of a worn or damaged Hawaiian shirt and you will be performing the task with the respect that it deserves.

 

1.    Donate the shirt to a qualified organization such as a second hand thrift store. Companies such as the Salvation Army or Goodwill are always happy to take the colorful shirts off your hands. Donating is a great way to subject another individual to your taste in clothing and at a discount they will appreciate. Be a good donator, wash the shirt one last time and inspect the shirt for any loose buttons, fix if needed. When delivering the shirt, or shirts, don’t wad them up and put them in the bottom of a bag with a bunch of other items. Place each shirt on a table and fold them nicely before placing them in a bag. Don’t disrespect your soon to be donated shirts by throwing them in a pile on the ground, fold a shirt in the same manner as a professional laundry service would.

2.    Repurpose the shirt. As strange as it may sound there are a lot of uses for a worn out Hawaiian shirt. Cut it up into a strip and use it as a decorative band around the crown of a hat. You could also have the better parts of the shirt repurposed. Any seamstress can easily transform parts of your old shirt into a bow tie or even a outfit for your favorite pet, such as a dog or parrot. Contact a local quilter and cut a deal to have them repurposed into a beautiful Hawaiian quilt.

3.    Respectfully burn the shirts. Often some shirts are so badly worn that burning is one of the few options left. If your wardrobe has reached this point we would say that it’s a good time to dig a pit and cook up a piglet for a luau, line the bottom of the pit with rocks and then add your old Hawaiian shirts followed by your wood and you will have a great lining for your pit.

4.    Take a final moment to pay respect to the shirts. Often these Hawaiian shirts have been your only friend and they were always there to lift your spirits, rain or shine. Focus your thoughts on the symbolism and always think of the good times and if need be discuss with family members what the shirts meant to you.

5.    Treat yourself to new Hawaiian shirts. Your will have a void in your sole and no quote rings as true as “out with the old, and in with the new”. We recommend grabbing your credit card and going online to Wave Shoppe Hawaiian shirts and using it to purchase replacement Hawaiian shirts as quickly as you can. The last thing you want to spend your life doing is mourning the loss of some old worn out shirt, a new one will magically create new memories in no time.