Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Grant is 5'11" and wearing size L
Knit Cabana Shirt
Knit Cabana Shirt
Will is 6'0" and wearing size L
Will is 6'0" and wearing size L
Will is 6'0" and wearing size L
Will is 6'0" and wearing size L

Knit Cabana Shirt

$80.00
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Size:S

Size Chart

The Hammies Knit Cabana Shirt fits true-to-size and fits like the original cabana shirt.

Don't see your size? We are introducing more sizes and we want to include you! Fill out our Size Survey so that we know what size to make 👍

Size Chart

The Hammies Knit Cabana Shirt fits true-to-size and fits like the original cabana shirt.

Don't see your size? We are introducing more sizes and we want to include you! Fill out our Size Survey so that we know what size to make 👍

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Sizing

See the "Sizing" section of the product page for information specific to the product you're viewing. 

Shipping

We offer free shipping for orders over $149 USD. We offer free/economy (4-7 days), standard (2-3 days), and express (1-2 day) shipping options for domestic orders and free/economy (6-14 days), standard (3-7 days), and express (2-3 days) shipping options for international orders. See our shipping page for more info. 

Exchanges and returns

We offer free exchange and return options for customers in the US and other options for international orders. We offer full refunds for returns started within 30 days of the fulfillment date and store credit for returns that are started within 90 days of the fulfillment date. We cannot provide refunds for product that is worn or missing a hangtag. See our exchanges and returns page for more info. 

Contact us

We are available 9am-5pm PST Monday-Friday. You can chat with us by clicking the bubble in the lower-right corner of the website, email us at support@hammies.com (or reply to your order confirmation email), and call/text us at (888) 522-0569. 

The Knit Cabana Shirt is the newest addition to our Cabana Set line and represents our foray into something we're very excited about: Beach Knits. This piece is inspired by an illustration that we stumbled upon titled "Manhattan Beach Buoy Ensembles." We fell in love with the style and searched high and low for something like it, but lo and behold, we found nothing...the style was truly lost and forgotten. We spent the past 6 months reproducing the piece from the illustration and we couldn't be happier with the result. See how close we got below.

We tried to reproduce this piece down to its tiniest details, but we had to make a couple of important design decisions. The original piece features an irregular square print which can only be accomplished by printing on a woven fabric, so we decided to go with a similar Nordic-style knitting pattern instead. The original piece also appears to have terry cloth hems on the sleeves, and although we're huge fans of terry cloth, we decided to knit the entire piece vs. sewing different pieces of fabric together.

The Knit Cabana Shirt is a homage to a time when swimsuits were made of wool. This is your grandpa's beach sweater!

  • 🌱 100% cotton yarn
  • 🧶 Nordic-style knit pattern
  • 💎 Four oversized buttons and left chest pocket
  • 🎨 Matches our navy and red cabana trunk colors and navy and red short colors
  • ✨ The most esoteric product that we have made to date

The Inspiration

Inspiration for the Hammies Knit Cabana Shirt Inspiration for the Hammies Knit Cabana Shirt

The History

While conducting our regular Hammies R&D, we learned that the first swim and beach brands of the 20th century started out as knitting mills! The original swimsuits were made of wool and left almost everything up to the imagination. As the pastime of swimming grew in popularity, Catalina (founded in 1907 as Bentz Knitting Mills) and Jantzen (founded in 1916 as Portland Knitting Company) shifted away from knitting sweaters and into knitting swimsuits. The swimsuit went on to push the limits of American fashion and modesty for the next 40 years. If you want to learn more, we recommend Making Waves: Swimsuits and the Undressing of America by Lena Lenček and Gideon Bosker. This explains why we see so many people wearing beach sweaters in vintage photos and ads from the 1950-70s.

The Story of the Swimsuit from Making Waves

Customer Reviews

Based on 23 reviews
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Cesar A. (Huntersville, US)
L
Exactly what I was looking for

Great quality, size up one as it’s cut smaller. Issue with my 20% coupon, said i could have one with email, then only got 10. Fast shipping

H
H. W.
S
Cheap knockoff of the picture

Doesn’t even seem like the same shirt. The shape, color, button size, just everything was disappointing.

M
M.C.

This shirt is huge! I know it’s supposed to be a relaxed fit, but it’s way too big for a size small. The proportions are also really odd.

M
Matthew

Very thick material although soft amd comfy. Down side i think because of the thickness the xxl size isnt standard xxl it is actually smaller . And unfortunately for a rather muscular body. It doesnt actually fit.

J
John B.S. (New Braunfels, US)
L
Pretty disappointed.

Horrible material for the intended use. It is heavy and hot and comes out of the dryer a wrinkled mess. Do YOU enjoy ironing?

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Michael

Fantastic shirt. Fits very well. Boxy and 50s/60s-like in style while still being extremely flattering and versatile. The quality of the materials and the construction is also excellent and the terry cloth is soft, and absorbant - perfect for pool and beach days. Shipped very quickly, and the customer service was very friendly and to the point, although seeing as the shirt arrived in such good time, and without incident, there wasn’t much need to contact them more than once to confirm the shipping arrangements to the UK. Will definitely be buying from Hammies again. Would love to see a few more colours and variations of this brilliant style of shirt. Probably the only company out there doing high quality, vintage-fit beach and pool wear.

G
Gator (Fairfield, US)
Green Shorts and Shirt (Men’s)

Although my daughter thought I looked like a picnic table, I am very happy with the fit and quality.
I’m 6’1” and 215. I chose the XL shirt (knowing to wear opened) and size 38 shorts. I usually wear a 36 jeans.
The shorts fit great, but no draw string. So if you are roughhousing in the pool, you may want to invest in some speedos under it. Otherwise the webbing is plenty enough “protection” for casual lounging and swimming and water slides.
Will be my go-to swim wear and already look it their other products.

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Steven

Very happy with shirt. Quality and fit great.

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Cristian

Love the shirt but size ran a bit small

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Curtis S. (Pompano Beach, US)
XL
Nice Cabana Shirt

I wish I could keep this cabana shirt. Ordered.an XL. It is more like an M to an L in width and length. Very short. I'm not tall. It barely makes it past my rib cage.
Love the quality and style. Wish they made a xxxl.

We appreciate your feedback, Curtis. Our original cabana shirt is quite short because traditional cabana shirts from the 1960s were generally short. We ended up making our Summer Cabana Shirt and Gingham Cabana Shirt longer so that it would work better for more people. I personally wear the Cabana Shirt open most of the time and when worn with the trunks, the shortness of the shirt is much less of an issue.

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