tammy35

I was wondering what people where to luaus, men and women?

wemr

For men, white shorts, a pull over shirt and sneakers. For women its a bit more complicated but mostly because of the shoes. I would bring several pair of sneakers in various colors and styles.

LaurenSKahn

I suggest clothing. Most people because their bodies are not that great generally look better in clothes.

Sorry for the sarcasm but I wonder about people who start these "what to wear" threads and could not resist. Do not get me started on what shoes to wear in Europe. There are probably at least 6,000 threads on Fodors about that.

To my knowledge I have never heard anyone being summarily ejected from a luau by the Fashion Police.

You are on vacation. Where whatever you please.

tammy35

thanks for sharing your stupid sarcasm. I have never been to Hawaii so I don't know much about things there larenskahn!!! asking questions is what this is for!!!

tammy35

"Could not resist" may = "no self control.." Thanks to everyone else that posted to the point Intelligent responses.

islandmom

Anything casual goes. T-shirts, shorts, sundresses, aloha shirts and dresses.

Rusty

LaurenSkahn was right ! Wear anything you want.

Wemr, what can possibly be complicated about dressing for a luau ?

JohnD

Perhaps a better way to ask the question is "what should people not wear to luaus"? For example for men, bermuda shorts and dark knee-high socks would not be recommended, nor a tuxedo.

mrwunrfl

The nude luau sounds like a good idea because people are more beautiful that way. No need to bring several pairs of shoes to the luau. Just a pair of sandals and some sunscreen if it's during the day, skeeter spray at night.

JackOneill

I'm kind of the opinion as already expressed: Wear whatever!
It's a luau. Talk about laidback. Except for the pig.

Debi

I would recommend slacks. When we went, there were a few bugs - and some of the people were sorry they wore shorts and skirts. I wore a nice short sleeved top, a pair of cotton slacks and was very comfortable. I wouldn't recommend nude since the chairs were really not that comfortable......

mauitammy

Tammy, you can wear whatever you wish. You will see lots of different types of clothing there. It seems lots of men wear the aloha type shirts with shorts or slacks and women wear either a sundress , slacks and pretty blouse or shorts and pretty blouse. It is more of a dressy casual type evening. The one we went to they were taking pictures that you could purchase later(we didn't purchase any, but just took our own). I wore a sundress. I did get bit by mosquitoes though(they love me) so I would recommend some insect repellant of some sort or wear slacks. This is just my personal opinion, but I wanted to make it a festive kind of night, so we wore dressy casual clothes. It is something kind of special....not something you do every day! Hope this has helped!

bodi

We were not able to add a luau to our busy schedule, is the pig the centerpiece of the dinner, and how is it prepared? I'm really disapointed I didn't have the oppritunity to taste the kaula pig also. Would someone mind discribing these two for me? We were amazed the bananas in Hawaii are so noticably superior to what we may buy here. I could live on just your fabulous rich bananas! Oh, I just can't wait to return to your Big Island!

Rusty

I didn't know that bananas were grown in Hawaii !!

JohnD

Rusty: Really, we found those banana virus quarantine signs poignantly memorable. :-?

dwooddon

Bananas do grow in Hawaii. (maybe they were introduced and are not native). While I was stationed there in the Air Force, we had three banana trees growing wild in out backyard. Every few months, they would mature, all at the same time, and we would have more bananas at one time than any five families could possibly use. We'd chop the trees down to just a few inches tall and, in another few months, we'd have bananas coming out our ears again.

I agree with a previous post - they were beyond comparison with any banana I have ever purchased in a grocery store. I think it had to do with letting them ripen on the hand (the term used for a bunch of bananas on the same stalk).

Yummy!

islandmom

Apple Bananas- smaller and more tart.