Not currently on display at the V&A

Shirt

1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
Champion (designer)
Place of origin
Hawaii (made)

Short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt of printed synthetic fibre, brown, with pineapple design.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Fashion
Day Wear
Streetstyle Exhibition 1994
Object type
Shirt
Materials and techniques
Printed synthetic fibre
Synthetic Fibre
Printing
Brief description
Shirt, Hawaiian, printed synthetic fibre, brown, pineapple design, Champion, Hawaii, 1940s
Physical description
Short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt of printed synthetic fibre, brown, with pineapple design.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 0.34kg
  • Sleeve length: 23cm
  • Collar to hem length: 80.5cm (maximum)
  • Armpit to armpit width: 64.5cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DUKE / CHAMPION / KAHANAMOKU' (Cresting and annotating manufacturer's red, white and blue quartered shield logo. On woven manufacturer's label inside collar.)
  • 'An HAWAIIAN original' (On woven manufacturer's label)
Credit line
Given by John Allison
Object history
Registered File number 1995/403, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995.
Subject depicted
Pineapples
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Not described in the exhibition publication.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.198-1995

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O351258/shirt-champion/
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