The shirt is in excellent condition - this doesn’t look to have seen much, if any, use at all. Gay Pride Rainbow Flag T-Shirt also known as Gay pride or LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. There is a small patch on the left sleeve that reads “Mr. The epaulets are also decorated with colours, but only with the violet, pink, red and orange. Included are hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet plus an extra goldenrod colour. The pockets are decorated with a band of rainbow colours that correspond to the original eight colour gay pride flag, introduced in 1978. It has short sleeves, shoulder epaulets, a flapped box pleat pocket at either side of the chest, an open neck and five button closure. The shirt is made of a 50% cotton and 50% polyester blend in blue and white linen type fabric.
Hawaii when they started to manufacture in California, eventually using “Go Barefoot” as their brand. Hawaii was a company started 1946 in Hawaii as a maker of “Aloha” Hawaiian shirts and then as an importer of Hawaiian shirts from Japan, but changed its name to Mr. Members of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps dance. This is a wonderful 70s vintage shirt made by “Mr. These photos highlight the evolution of LGBTQ Pride in the US over decades.
