Its collar features Varez’s “Lahaina Sailor” artwork that depicts the state flag, state flower (hibiscus), state bird (nene) and state tree (kukui nut). The company has also created a chef’s coat commemorating the event’s fifth anniversary. The image is screened on men’s and women’s T-shirts.Īll shirts feature the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival logo. The third design is a vintage Varez print titled “Au,” of a traditional fisherman in a canoe wrestling with his catch. Think rustic prints depicting ancient lifestyles, as in Varez’s “Na Kanaka I Ka‘aina” and Y’s detailed renderings of traditional island foods such as ulu (breadfruit), fish, bundles of laulau, papaya and pineapple for “Island Feast.” Both designs are presented on reverse-print aloha shirts in the upscale, understated style that is classic Reyn Spooner. The company’s three designs - for two aloha shirts and a T-shirt - feature the work of iconic woodblock printmaker Dietrich Varez and Eddy Y, a Big Island artist.īut don’t equate culture with hoity-toity. Even as top global chefs create culinary artistry with isle products for the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival, which kicks off on Oahu on Wednesday, Reyn Spooner injects the event with a serious dose of art through a special apparel collection.
