Wave Shoppe in Teen Vogue

Last month me and my wife were at the Womens Wear In Nevada (WWIN) Show and the MAGIC Show. MAGIC is the preeminent, most comprehensive trade event in the international fashion industry.

These types of trade shows involve a lot of walking and taking lots of breaks, so while on a short break at Teen Vogues booth we grabbed a copy to see if a design we submitted many months ago had made it into the March issue.


While we knew we were being considered there was never an official “yes we choose you for the shoot”, so it was quite cool to be flipping pages and actually seeing one of our Hawaiian shirts on a model in the magazine.

If you can’t guess it’s the purple Hawaiian shirt with yellow flowers.

Ironically when we returned to San Diego there was a package and personalized letter from Vogue congratulating us on our accomplishment. Its now framed and hanging in the Wave Shoppe Escondido store.

So while at a glance you see that we sell Hawaiian shirts and dresses, we are also heavy into designing textiles and traveling deeper into the fashion jungle with each passing day.

I was just getting ready to click the “publish post” button and I was thinking that I failed to mention that for me, making it into Conde Nast’s Vogue would be like dying and going to heaven. Recently I learned that I have the dying part all dialed in so now all I need to do is come up with a design before then.

To Whom It May Concern

"To Whom It May Concern:

I don’t think a company gets much feedback or credit when they do something right and I wanted you to know that I couldn’t be more pleased with the merchandise that I received and how quickly I received it. I placed my order on a Friday and received it the following Monday! What great service! I will be in Maui next week wearing my shirt I purchased which, by the way, fit perfectly.

Thank you again for the great product and the outstanding service your company provided. I will definitely recommend you to anyone.

Ken L

South Sioux City, NE"

Customers who purchase Hawaiian shirts from Wave Shoppe tell it best, adding that our company and products receive praise on a daily basis. Ken recently purchased our big mens Maui Hawaiian shirt which is one of our latest designs.

Hawaiian Apparel Wedding Planners

In conventional Hawaiian weddings, both the bride and groom wore all white, and the groom wore a painted sash around his waist and a maile lei around his neck. Many grooms dressed for a San Diego beach wedding wear Hawaiian shirts and light colored pants. Mainland wedding couples also prefer to dress themselves in formal bridal gowns and tuxedos, which creates beauty and a romantic contrast on a sandy beach.

After a lot of years of planning weddings here in San Diego we can tell you that we've had requests for just about every style of Hawaiian wedding attire at our Hawaiian apparel store. If you need help selecting attire fit for a wedding, just stop by the Kalmia St showroom and our expert wedding planner Peggy will help you choose the wedding attire that is appropriate for the two of you.

Pictured above is another happy couple that had recently utilized our expert wedding services wearing Wave Shoppe Hawaiian apparel for their special day.

One Turtle Two Turtle Green Turtle Blue Turtle

As much as we would like to tempt you with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends, we cant.

But what we can do is show you a picture of our new blue Hawaiian shirt with turtles in which we have in 2 wonderful colors. Of course we are just going to show you the blue one and ask you go look at the green Hawaiian shirt with turtles, for which we also provided a convenient link.

These hawaiian shirts are made from cotton poplin (which has a high thread count) and are priced at just $45.95 and like all Wave Shoppe apparel, made in the USA. By the way, that $45.95 price point is well under the price of most imported shirts, which are clearly of lesser quality.

Honu Honu or is that Nanu Nanu?

Quintinn Piikane Holi and the Hawaiian Trio

Its not often that post many people pictures, but we wanted to say Mahalo to an awesome friend of Wave Shoppe’s named Quintinn Piikane Holi. Quintinn is not only a remarkable singer/musician and story teller, he is also a real Hawaiian (and eats like one) with lots of Aloha in his heart. He is someone you actually want to know.

Quintinn plays at a lot of gigs, but in my opinion some of the most down to earth stuff is performed right in front of our store, accompanied the local San Diego hula troupe, Tipanie O Patitifa. If you’re in San Diego during the summer months please stop by and have a listen. Holy smokes! I almost forgot to tell you about the picture. Just prior to one of Quintinn’s high sea adventures, Wave Shoppe released the Indigo Hawaiian shirts (pictured above) and it wasn’t long before Quintinn came by to scope them out. Well as fate would have it, a few of them (almost magically) ended up in brudah Quintinn’s pickup truck, headed for exciting destinations unknown.

Alas we saw a post on Quintinns facebook or something, it mentioned the shirts were spotted in a picture on a cruise ship. Weeks later Q wandered to the store to play, with picture in hand, and honestly its one of the nicest things I have received all year.

Mahalo Quintinn!

Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirts and Apparel

Ten things you should do while wearing a Hawaiian Shirt

Ten things you should do while wearing a Hawaiian Shirt:

1. Go to a Luau

2. Go to Da Beach to catch Da Local Babes Attention

3. Play your Ukulele... (keep it clean brah)

4. Crash a Wedding

5. Eat Fish & Poi

6. Wear your Hawaiian Shirt on Aloha Friday

7. Take a Trip to Hawaii

8. Hang Loose \m/

9. Go Check Out Hula Girls!

10. Cruizing with the Top Down

Ok so you live in a cave and have no idea where to buy a Hawaiian shirt. Here is a hint, check out Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirts and Apparel

Post a comment and tell us what you do in a Hawaiian shirt or post your comment on http://www.facebook.com/HawaiianShirts and we will list your FB page right here!

facebook.com/fuzzyape I hold open houses in my Hawaiian shirts

facebook.com/steve.gerencser I meet with clients in my Hawaiian shirts. No suit or tie here!

facebook.com/sherwood Hamilton II take a stroll on the beach at sunset and watch the fireworks after dark on 4th of july with your toes in the cool sand.

Local Church Says Mahalo for Hawaiian Fabric

We wanted to take a moment to share with you a letter received from a local church, they receive a good portion of the fabric scraps created by Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirts and Apparel and as many know, we generate a lot of fabric scraps.

When you cut Hawaiian apparel not all of the full fabric width is utilized and in a short amount of time a busy shop can generate a sizable amount of odd shaped stacks of fabric. Some are as small as 6 x 6 quilting squares and some are ½ yard or more. So many years ago we concluded that giving the fabric away to good causes was a better alternative than adding more volume to a landfill.

But to whom do we give it to? Well and I kid you not, just a few weeks after making that decision we were approached by a local church that made quilts for some great causes, and the rest is history. Now who says God doesn’t work in mysterious ways?