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Originally uploaded by tdjohnsn

I just got this shirt. We were at Sears buying Ron some new slacks and it was on sale for $13 dollars! It is supposed to look worn and old, and they achieved that look by sewing it together inside out, i.e. the patter is on the inside and shows through to the outside even though the stitching is all normal as though the this it the correct way for it to be put together.

I like the pattern. I wish it was sewn the other way around.

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[typographer.livejournal.com]

And I forgot, I was going to say, one of my Aloha shirts is that way -- sewn together inside out, so that that pattern is all faded. I also wish they'd just done it the other way.

[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

I friend that we square dance with collects aloha shirts and has over 200 in his collection. The one he was wearing the other night looks like a normal tiki and flower patterned one-color print until you look at it and realize that intermixed with the flowers are little busses. It is an official Hawaii bus driver aloha shirt. He also has one with bulldozers on it that is worn by the road crews. He wore a western themed one last night to the dance.