The importance of the right shirt
(Picture: Getty Images)If there’s a divisive, unruly wild card in men’s fashion, surely the Hawaiian shirt is the main contender.
Riotously noisy and as vivid as house party of flamingos, the Hawaiian shirt and its ilk are soaked in polar stereotypes thanks to Hollywood. There’s the original retro loverboy Elvis in Blue Hawaii. Or the equally lovable, yet woefully uncool, all-American buffoon: think the late great John Candy in numerous movies. Leo and Brad both nailed the look with smouldering chutzpah in Romeo + Juliet and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. It’s even the unhinged lunatic’s outfit of choice: check De Niro in Cape Fear and Pacino in Scarface.
