Reyn Spooner XL Hawaiian Print Aloha Shirt

One of the most popular shirts I’ve ever sold this Reyn Spooner Hawaiian print Aloha Shirt is crisp as new although it has been gently used.

It comes in a reverse print, a signature look of Reyn Spooner. It is a Commemorative Classic which pretty much means it’s an older design brought back by popular demand.

This shirt can be worn by you or a loved one for only $15.99 plus shipping (USPS Priority Mail, 2lbs.).

Yes I’d like to see the ordering details for this shirt.

Palaka Shirt Trivia

This is another wordpress blog that has a slew of information on Palaka shirts and a lot of photos too. Old photos of plantation workers.

http://hawaiipalaka.wordpress.com/2009/

Here is a portion of an interview regarding the decline of Palaka shirts and eventually the rarity of Palaka shirts taken from the above wordpress blog:

The Decline (1986 – Present)

“Cheaper and cheaper and they keep making it less and less.” said Hope about the declining quality of the material, David Bailey seconds and says that, “a lot of the owners and makers are in their 80’s and passing now.” noting the closing of Miura’s in 2005

“Unfortunetly, there is getting fewer and fewer all the time.” said Bailey who remembers that back in the 80’s he was finding palaka in every used clothing store on the island, but now he usually has to go to trade shows to get his and expects to be paying a substantial amount more in the future. What is now costing around $25, Bailey expects that in the next five years he may be having to pay upwards of $150. (http://hawaiipalaka.wordpress.com/2009/).

New Listing Palaka Shirt

This is the only Palaka shirt I have ever come across since discovering its rarity. This one has never been used. When I got it it was brand new but because it was just hanging in the closet I had to wash it. It’s in perfect condition.

I did some research on the Palaka shirt. What an interesting history and assimilation of cultures! From the plantation workers to paniolo to todays musicians, auwe, auwe!

At only $29.99 this shirt is a bargain for the Palaka lovers and collectors out there!

Blue Hawaii, Elvis Presley, and Aloha Shirts

I just recently added a Natural Maui aStore to my Natural Maui site/blog because I wanted to offer my viewers books, movies, and other things they can use to further their research on any of the products I have to offer at Natural Maui.

An astore is a store hosted by Amazon.com and is free to use after you sign up. It’s awesome because if you have a niche, such as I have, you can do this, offer your viewers books, movies, audio cd’s, apparel, the list is endless as to what you can offer your viewers. Then, on top of that…Amazon.com will pay you a commission and that’s really another main reason I joined. It is another way to make some extra money for all of us stay at home, work at home moms.

There are loads and loads of items you can add to your aStore with different categories and sub-categories you can add to your pages.

I’ve added these categories:

Sea Glass

Hawaiian Print Aloha Shirts

and

Hawaii
with the islands as subcategories.

Of particular interest to me is the movie “Blue Hawaii” filmed in 1961 starring the King!…Elvis Presley. I remember watching this movie when I was little and being so in Love with Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret and Annette Funicello.

This among many other factors, but this is one I’m sure was a major factor in helping along the popularity of the Hawaiian print Aloha shirt. His popularity was unsurpassed in those days. I don’t only give him the credit, there were many many more before him, good looking guys, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, all those heavy hitters that gave the Hawaiian print Aloha shirt it’s popularity so enjoyed today by many of the artists who create prints for material and many of the many makers of Hawaiian print Aloha shirts.

The offshoots of all of this popularity are us little guys, the stay at home moms and work at home moms that take these specialty items and resell, used or new condition, on places like eBay or on places like a wordpress.com site/blog using PayPal as the only way to pay.

For this I am very grateful and am sure to express this gratefulness in humble prayer to Ke Akua for allowing me many different ways to make a living while staying home to raise my children instead of working my butt off for a company making just enough to pay for child care anyway!