'I'm sorry Mr Presley but you'll have to speak up. I can't hear you over your Hawaiian shirt.' Elvis turns it up to 11 (his shirt, that is) in Blue HawaiiPhotograph: Michael Ochs Archives/GettyNavy Seal, Vietnam veteran, military intelligence agent, private investigator, comedy 'tache... and a natty array of Hawaiian shirts. Yep, Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV - Magnum PI to you and me - had it all. Here he pictured with (from left) Rick, Higgins and TC. Quick, to the chopper!Photograph: Ronald GrantThe look on Al Pacino's face says it all. He's just been told his Hawaiian shirt he bought for Christmas is 70% off in the Urban Outfitters sale. Not only that, the Cuban cocaine baron has tucked it into his trousers - fashion faux pas! Never mind, Al, pictured here in Brian de Palma's 1983 movie, Scarface. Do what Tony Montana would have done, and ease your frustration by firing a giant machine gunPhotograph: SNAP /Rex Features
'Leave it, Frank, he's not worth it!' Frank Sinatra is restrained by Montgomery Clift after Ernest Borgnine rubbishes his Hawaiian shirt. It's 1953 and it's From Here To EternityPhotograph: Ronald GrantAlfred Shaheen, Hawaiian shirt pioneer who died in December 2008Photograph: AP
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