Magnum Mania!

I found an interesting tidbit of information in an LA Times obituary on Tuesday. Apparently Philip "Flippy" Hoffman, big-wave surfer and fabric store owner, created the design for one of Magnum's aloha shirts. To quote the article:

"In the 1980s, one of the Hoffman tropical screen-print designs was used for the iconic aloha shirt worn by Tom Selleck in the TV series "Magnum, P.I." The garment is now in the Smithsonian Institution."

Here's the link:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/16 ... n-20101116

Interesting! So he's the one who designed the Red Hawaiian Jungle Bird Shirt!

In looking at his bio, a surfing legend indeed! What a life he led.

http://www.surfersjournal.com/journal_e ... -1930-2010