Bowling Shirts - Sport & Cult Classic!

 

Not just for playing the game of bowling! Also a Rockabilly classic icon. Even Mods wear them if they come fitted and not oversized! A timeless design!

 

A bowling shirt is a specific style of shirt that is associated with the game of bowling. It is box-cut and short-sleeved with a button-up front, pocket, and has a small lay-flat collar. What distinguishes a bowling shirt from all other box-cut shirts is the use of color. Bowling shirts have distinctive, stark, 2-color block patterns that give them a retro 50's look.

 

Bowling shirts can be cotton but are better as a poly blends because. The poly blends let possible sweat evaporate and that way there won't be any nasty odours. Classic bowling shirts are never patterned in anything but solids with heavy solid lines or contrasting piping used as an accent.

 

The 1950's the Rocker youth culture made bowling shirts hip, even outside the lanes. Late 50's and early sixties the Mod youth culture wore them although in a fitted cut. Ever since the shirt has been popular with both mods and rockers. People on the blues scene have been wearing them too for the last 3 decades. Also the Goth youth culture has taken on the shirt, mostly in black with Rockabilly type prints. Bowling shirts are still very recognizable and remain a part of our history and pop culture.

 

But let's not forget the people who play bowling, who kept this shirt alive with the masses for so many years! Bowling is one of the most popular sports in the world played by nearly 100 million people over 6 continents.

 

The bowling shirt, a classic, that makes you look so cool!

 

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