Vintage 90s Gecko Hawaii Puffed Lava Neon Green AOP Tee (1980s)

Excellent Preloved Condition - All Over Print Geckos Between 1988 and 1989, Gecko sold A Quarter of a Million "Forever Gecko" tees in 3 colors. It was a tee design that was almost impossible to keep on the shelves at stores due to high demand -- as it was the very first popular tee to combine BOTH an all-over belt print AND a Textured, puffed ink print. Prior to Gecko releasing this, brands would never combine the two, because it was too expensive of a shirt to create with 2 printing jobs -- but in the end, that was one of the features that made it so popular and iconic. The puff ink is designed to look like molten lava rock -- and it is so on point! Until Gecko's "Forever Gecko" and "Gecko Wall" belt printed tees (with graphics stamped on them) were released in '86, '87 & '88 -- many brands did not want to create such a shirt for two main reasons: 1. The design was so different, that they were not sure how people would react to it, or if it would sell. 2. It uses 4X the amount of ink and took twice as long to make (because the design was on both sides -- plus the additional printed graphic). Get this original iconic tee today!