Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Hawaiian Shirt Design from the Archives


 
While reviewing some old artwork that we had not yet followed through on (meaning the design never went to print), I came across this one and wondered if anyone can guess what the large flower is? Your hint is this: While this flower is cultivated commercially in the Hawaiian islands and the US mainland, the flower has a genus of South African flowering plants.


I also managed to dredge up the original pineapple photo that we used for the design we utilized in the Wave Shoppe pineapple shirts.
 
While the design is almost retired, you can still read about the process of designing textiles by reading this blog post appropriately titled Designing Hawaiian Print Fabrics
 
With a lot of new design being printed, as well as on the drawing board, it promises to be a summer filled with exciting new and original designs for Aloha shirts and select Hawaiian dress patterns in the Wave Shoppe line.

Mahalo from everyone at Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirts

Rare Gray Aloha Shirts