#229: Stop 4218

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#229: Stop 4218. 72 Eskdale Road, Birkdale, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Subdued olive green and black with exaggerated simple traditional shapes. Tribal Origin brand. Unmatched pocket with tag. Let down a little by some wayward sewing.

#228: Stop 4839

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#228: Stop 4839. 91 Verbena Road, Birkdale, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Spectacular dark to light blue with simple tropical flower and leaf shapes, Chinese writing and dragons. Urban Equipment brand, made in China. Size L. Polyester.

#227: Stop 4154

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#227: Stop 4154. 78 Beach Haven Road, Beach Haven, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Mysterious untagged silky garment with an olive background with fine branch pattern and large stylised turtles across the chest. Ruined by a terrible matched pocket. Sleeves, collar, shoulders and waist features symmetrical patterns. An awkward fit made good by its coolness.

#226: Stop 4053

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#226: Stop 4053. 191 Birkdale Road, Birkdale, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Mainly black with large white and beige tropical branches. Kai-Veikau brand of Fiji. Size M. Unmatched pocket but with a nice tag. 100% cotton. Reinforced collar tips always a nice touch.

#225: Stop 3918

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#225: Stop 3918. 90 Stanley Road, Glenfield, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Super unusual white number with strange horizontally textured white fabric, but then a standard fabric for the centre holding the buttons and holes. Yellow stripe sewn into collar. Mind Bridge brand, made in China. Size 100cm. Splashed with messy simple drawings of flowers with either a green scribble or bold blue sponge effect behind them.

#224: Stop 4037

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#224: Stop 4037. 321 Rangatira Road, Beach Haven, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: A row of questionable Hawaiian beer bottles dominates a blurred background with interesting hibiscus flowers given sharp edges. Urban Streetwear brand. Made in China. Size M. Polyester. Not a great feel and suffers from an unfortunately high static factor.

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#223: Stop 4049

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#223: Stop  4049. 211 Beach Haven Road, Beach Haven, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Dark green and brown. Tribal Origin brand (Since 1970). Size L. Unmatched pocket. Designed and made in Fiji. Features large traditional spiral shapes, often with spirals within them and the odd flower. Not the greatest sewing job going, but it’s hard to tell with this pattern.

#222: Stop 3955

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#222: Stop 3955. 58 Onewa Road, Northcote Point, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Simply one of the best, ever. Marvellous soft fabric. Amazing sunsets with traditional thatched huts, canoes, topless dancers while others weave. Lush coconut stands on small islands and beaches. Made in New Zealand by Chukka for their Gold Line range. Size OS. Pocket sadly unmatched but what an absolute cracker.

#221: Stop 4055

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#221: Stop 4055. 163 Birkdale Road, Birkdale, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Takes light and silky a bit too far, feeling see-through and flammable. Interesting collection of shapes that could be just about anything on a dark blue background. Made by the Sonic Clothing Company. Designed in Australia and made in China of polyester/cotton. Light, but just a bit too breezy.

#220: Stop 4162

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#220: Stop 4162. 224 Beach Haven Road, Beach Haven, North Shore City. Link: here
Shirt: Grey tropical palm fronds in all directions. Designed in Australia and made in Bangladesh for Kmart Australia. Cotton. Unmatched pocket. Collar buttons down in three places which is a fine touch in an otherwise average garment. Claims to be size XL.