Mandalay Shirt

These colorful, lightweight shirts have a slight texture to them and are great summer shirts. Only offered in the Spring 1988 “Road to Mandalay” catalogue. Note the catalogue is using some spot photographs rather than illustrations.

From catalogue: “We had these shirts woven in a village where hand looms are still used to make fine, lightweight cloth infused with the rich colors of equatorial countries. We made two distinctive fabrics, one threaded with a subtle cord that lets the cloth stand away from the body, the other in a variegated traditional ethnic pattern. We cut our shirt broad and full across the chest and shoulders to let air circulate, and narrowed it at the waist for shape. Laced with the vibrant colors of native tropical clothing everywhere–warm as air, bright as sun, sensuous as a stroll on the plaza at Shwedagon.”

Photos courtesy Gary Pinkerton.

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Robyn Adams
Robyn's fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying the clothing and giving her the catalogs. She loved the clothes and as an artist she was drawn to the illustrations. She went on to study illustration at art college in BR's hometown of San Francisco and worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA as a graphic designer and illustrator with Secret Fan Base . She's been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.

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