The OG Gecko Hand Drawn Tee

(With our 2021 New Crazy Glow Ink!)

100% Combed Ringspun Cotton (It's Totally Soft AF!)

Currently Limited Edition Glow In The Dark!

This is the FIRST EVER glow in the dark edition of "Hang Loose" -- or of ANY Gecko Hawaii shirt... EVER! We released the first batch of this classic as GITD in early June and it sold out in 48 hours! We decided to give it another go.. but it may not last long, so get it while you can! (Or buy a back-up if you got it the first time around!)

YES! New Retro Performance Windbreakers Are Finally Here!

Get on that Stripe Hype! We are beyond stoked for this windbreaker!

Gecko Hawaii's Purple Stripe performance "Generation 2" windbreaker takes you straight back in time to those rad 80s & 90s days. Yeah -- it's fun, but it's also functional, comfortable, keeps you dry & warm --- and you look amazing too!

Although the Generation 1 Gecko Windbreakers were cut with the exact specifications from the 1980s, we modified the "The Generation 2 Windbreakers" very slightly to be 3 inches longer after feedback from the Gecko Fam. It looks the same, but fits people above 6 feet much better. Onlookers can't tell the difference! 

100% Nylon Windbreaker. Rain? No problem. The water coasts off it. Wind? No problem -- it cuts right through it!

Our Gecko Stripe pattern was a HUGE seller in the late 80s and early 90s and has that retro look/feel that will make everyone jealous.

Plus the kick-ass, retro, kangaroo zip-up front pouch -- with side pockets to keep your hands warm and look cool while doing it!  Super light weight to jam in a bag -- this is the perfect fall jacket to be rad everywhere you go this fall and winter.

Pop-up the collar, or slide it down -- however your dad used to wear it!

And don't forget to go "Full Suit" by pairing it with the Purple Stripe Beach Pants!

Hand Drawn OG 90s Pattern

Beach, Hot Tub, Festival, Wake Park, Hiking, etc....

100% Nylon 100% Fun

Mesh Liner Board Shorts/Trunks, Great for the water

The Gecko Hawaii X B Fresh Gear Neon Green Visor Shades. These visor sunglasses are compliment magnets! Hydro dipped polyurethane visors, reflective and polarized UV 400 lenses, and a branded retention strap! These sunglasses with brim by B Fresh are made to match your favorite Gecko Hawaii prints. 

The ORIGINAL Hand Drawn GECKO HAWAII 1980's Volley Walk & Swim Shorts!

Super fun, Radically comfy & Totally cool.

Almost guaranteed to get compliments from strangers at every pool party, beach shin-dig, or mall adventure.

• 100% Nylon
• Unisex
• Mesh Liner Board Shorts/Trunks,
• Great for the water -- they dry FAST!
• There are pockets! Yes! :)

SIZING:

Our Volley shorts are designed to stay authentic and true to the original 1980's sizes. However -- in the 1980s, sizes were much smaller than they are today.

The waistband is elastic, very strong, stretchy and durable -- AND they also have a drawstring. This means, that is easy to make the shorts tighter, but it is harder to make them looser -- so, we recommend the following for the perfect fit and comfort:

Men -- We highly recommend going up at 1 size with all of Gecko Hawaii's Volley shorts. If you are usually a medium, you will most likely feel more comfortable in a large.

Women -- For women, they are true to size. These shorts are also designed in such a way, to make it possible to cut out the inside mesh liner --  without disrupting the rest of the shorts or pockets!

Original Hand Drawn Pattern.

80s/90s Baby!

Lightweight throwback parachute-style pants. Match it with the Gecko Purple Stripe Windbreaker for the ultimate Chill Suit.

Think "Saved By The Bell," or "MC Hammer" Pants.

Perfect for the beach, music festivals, EDM, cover-up, lounging, pajamas, whatevs.

100% Nylon 100% Fun

A Throwback 5 Panel that is stand alone RAD! Match it with a pair of Hot Pink Gecko Petro Beach Pants or Volley Shorts and you'll be looking 1988 fresh!

100% Washed Nylon

For the first time in over 30 years!

This IS THE VERY LAST "ALL OVER" BELT PRINT RE-ISSUE for the forseeable future!

• No two are exactly alike!
• Classic Fit
• 100% Ringspun 6.1 Oz Combed Cotton
• Super Soft & Printed in the USA at Gecko HQ.
• 80s Puff-Ink Front Logo
• Hard to Make & Rare to Find!

The Puffed Lava Forever Gecko "All Over" Tee is created with an original, retro, monster of a 'belt-print' machine -- It's as authentic 1980s as possible without actually being made in the 1980s!

Belt Printing Machines are a relic of the past and there are only a few working ones left in existence!

This is a tee that was almost impossible to keep on the shelves due to high demand in 1989, and is epic for a daily wear, or to look cool as hell at a 80s/90s party.

A perfect gift for any Gecko Hawaii Fan searching for that authentic 80s throwback/retro look & feel.

The puff ink is designed to look like molten lava rock -- and it is so on point!

HISTORY OF GECKO WALL ALL-OVER BELT PRINT

Gecko Hawaii was THE VERY FIRST brand to make a Belt Print tee with a graphic printed on top of it! And this exact tee -- "Gecko Wall" -- was one of our most popular belt print designs EVER. The hand-drawn art was so popular that for the next decade, we used the design on all sorts of awesome apparel.  

Originally released in 1987, "Gecko Wall" was about 5 years ahead of it's time. Belt printing became very popular in the early 90s -- around 1991.

Today, there are VERY FEW Belt Printing machines left in the ENTIRE country -- so these tees are extremely hard to make, and rare to find. 

Each one is hand screened - a lengthy and time consuming process. 

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).

But Gecko Hawaii was all about risk taking -- and the "Gecko Wall" Black Tee sold out so fast, that at first it was tough to keep up with the demand. Then, of course, other brands took notice and jumped on board once the concept turned out to be a success.

This tee is a thicker cotton with a slightly larger collar -- just like back in the 80s!

We are super stoked to bring it back -- but we will know that it will sell out quickly. These are really rare tees, as we mentioned, belt printing machines are almost non-existent these days with the expense, the advent of digital printers -- and that it takes a specialist to make them -- which there are even less of.  We don't know how long we will be able to continue to replicate it -- we also plan on making other colors eventually -- but it only comes from one place, one specialist -- so it takes time.

Get yours while you can!

YES! New Retro Performance Windbreakers Are Finally Here!

Get on that Stripe Hype! We are beyond stoked for this windbreaker!

Gecko Hawaii's Red Stripe performance "Generation 2" windbreaker takes you straight back in time to those rad 80s & 90s days. Yeah -- it's fun, but it's also functional, comfortable, keeps you dry & warm --- and you look amazing too!

Although the Generation 1 Gecko Windbreakers were cut with the exact specifications from the 1980s, we modified the "The Generation 2 Windbreakers" very slightly to be 3 inches longer after feedback from the Gecko Fam. It looks the same, but fits people above 6 feet much better. Onlookers can't tell the difference! 

100% Nylon Windbreaker. Rain? No problem. The water coasts off it. Wind? No problem -- it cuts right through it!

Our Gecko Stripe pattern was a HUGE seller in the late 80s and early 90s and has that retro look/feel that will make everyone jealous.

Plus the kick-ass, retro, kangaroo zip-up front pouch -- with side pockets to keep your hands warm and look cool while doing it!  Super light weight to jam in a bag -- this is the perfect fall jacket to be rad everywhere you go this fall and winter.

Pop-up the collar, or slide it down -- however your dad used to wear it!

And don't forget to go "Full Suit" by pairing it with the Red Stripe Beach Pants!

Original Hand Drawn Pattern.

90s Baby! Gecko Geo Pants.

Lightweight throwback parachute-style pants.

Think "Saved By The Bell," or "MC Hammer" Pants.

Perfect for the beach, music festivals, EDM, cover-up, lounging, pajamas.

100% Nylon 100% Fun

This Throwback 5 Panel uses one of our original patterns from the 80s "Gecko Stripe!"  The Gecko looks like a "Gecko Bandit." Slap this on and you'll feel like Woody Harrelson from "White Men Can't Jump."

100% Washed Nylon

Water resistant -- great for the pool, beach, biking, or just retro rocking around.

30 Years In The Making! Gecko Hawaii SPLATTER!

Short Sleeve Splatter Limited Run!

• Individually Hand Splattered - Each has it's own unique look.
• Glow In The Dark Pink Pocket Logo
• White, Neon Green, Neon Blue & Neon Pink Splatter
• Uses some original paint from the original Gecko Splatter era for authentic 80s/90s texture look and feel
• Very Simple and casual -- no graphic, just splatter and logo like the 80s!
• Blacklight reactive makes it look like you're in space!
  

Gecko Hawaii teamed up with one of long time artists to bring back one of the most popular requests since our relaunch!

We worked with Dennis back in the late 80s & 90s — and he created hundreds of thousands of Gecko Hawaii Splatter tees. Since then, Dennis has worked with every brand in the book, from brands like OP and Bugle Boy in the 80’s to Yeezy and Supreme today. 

The Look, The Feel, The History of Gecko's Splatter:

Our neon green, pink, white, blue and black splatter was different than other contemporary’s at the time because although we used neon —  it was much more subtle — using super small — yet evenly dispersed paint specks all over the shirt. At the time (and still today), most splatter shirts consisted of either one color, multi-color with huge streaks and splashes. That can look cool, but it can also be hard to pull off and can look too busy. We wanted to release something that had a “pop” and was rad — but was strong and subtle. By using the “speckle/splash” technique,  it gave the shirt a look as though it was almost part of the fabric itself.

If you still happen to own of the early splatter shirts, you’d notice that the paint had a lot more texture to it. As time went on, with larger mass production, the addition of graphics, and new types of paint — the splatter was flattened in the “flashing” process. However, our goal for the first Splatter shirts, hoodie, jogger re-release was to re-create that first ever splatter shirt we made. It is fully equipped with the original texturized splatter from the late 80’s early 90’s (check out the video, we even used some of the VERY SAME paint from back then!). with a simple pocket logo. This required us to splatter by hand — not by graphic design or digital printer.You can feel the quality and it is AWESOME. As far as we know, there is nothing else out there like it today.

Straight out of 1987 - 1988 this Gecko Tue Dye has a rad history behind it!

100% Ringspun Combed Cotton 6.1 Oz. Super Soft Made in the USA. This tee is belt printed front and back and then tie dyed by hand. No two are exactly alike. You will love wearing this 80s throwback!

• All Hand Drawn Original Art from 1988
• POCKETS!
• 90s "Color Block" Style
• 80s Neon Colorway
• Super Light Weight
• Dries FAST.

It's not easy brining back the "split" design -- it requires a lot more fabric, attention to detail and labor -- but Gecko never did things because they were easy to do... we do it because it's the AWESOME way -- and the look and feel is super authentic.

Get noticed at your next beach party, pool party, vacation -- or,  just soak up the rad, nostalgic vibes late night --  in your own personal hot tub time machine. 

Gecko Hawaii's Men's "Color Split"  Volley Shorts are perfect to walk around all day in the sun -- AND swim all day in the water! Pockets included!

80's & 90's Baby!

Throwback. Vintage. Retro. All the above?

Original Hand Drawn Pattern.

90s Baby!

Lightweight throwback parachute-style pants.

Think "Saved By The Bell," or "MC Hammer" Pants.

Perfect for the beach, music festivals, EDM, cover-up, lounging, pajamas.

100% Nylon 100% Fun

Gecko Hawaii X HYPERFLASH  - "Gecko Marble" on our long sleeve, Purple to Pink shirt! 

Purple to Pink is actually the most authentic early 90s color changing shirts!

The long sleeves are AMAZING! The color change is wild! And in the summer, you can push the sleeves up and make the most awesome patterns! 

The Hyperflash shirt is a slightly different size from all of our other shirts. They are closest to our black beach tees, but due to the HyperFlash magic washing process, and the fact that they are unisex shirts, they are ever so slightly smaller than your normal fit. Because of this, we are adding our sizing recommendations -- and we welcome your input too!

If you like the look and feel of a nice, fitted shirt, or you are under 5'8": Go with your actual size. 

If you like a slightly more relaxed fit: Try the next size up than normal. For example -- If I usually get a medium, but I'm finding that lately I've been eating too much shave ice with taro ice cream -- I'd probably be more comfy in a large. The most notable difference between medium and a large shirt is the length of the stomach area, and the length of the arms.

If you are taller and like longer sleeves: We recommend you go a size up too.

The sizing of these are slightly different than our normal tees, because with the Thermochromatic dyes, they go through a washing process -- which eliminates 95% of shrinkage prior to purchase. 

Originally Printed In 1988! Proudly dyed & printed in the USA!

EXTREMELY LIMITED! Gecko HYPERFLASH ALWAYS SELLS OUT -- SOMETIMES SAME DAY! 

RETURN OF THE RETRO 80S "Puff Ink" Front Pocket Logo!

Gecko HYPERFLASH is a homage and retro flashback to the magical "thermochromatic" color-changing apparel of the early 1990's.

RETURN OF THE RETRO 80S "Puff Ink" Front Pocket Logo!

Gecko Hawaii HYPERFLASH shirts are heat activated and change color around 80 degrees, which gives it a super rare, "living, breathing, tie dye" feeling. Think of it as "the mood ring" of t-shirts -- but WAAAAAY cooler!

Thermochromatic technology has improved dramatically since the 1990's, but most apparel companies don't make it, because they are afraid to take risks, and it is REALLY expensive to make. However, our fans kept asking since our relaunch, so we are making it happen again!

To be notified about Surprise Gecko X VAULT EXCLUSIVE & Limited Releases, purchase $100 of Gecko products (over the course of a year).

FIRST TIME SINCE 1988!

The OG Hand Drawn Volley

100% Nylon 100 % Fun

Mesh Liner Board Shorts/Trunks, Great for the water

People will stop you on the street to be your friend with the purple Mini-Gecko Windbreaker.

These are authentically 80s -- down to the size -- so we recommend going up a size. If you are usually a medium -- go for a large and enjoy!

Perfect for skating, lightweight, splashproof and overall rockstar awesomeness.

You Will Love This Blue Geo Gecko Five Panel Hat With Original Logo

100% Washed Nylon

"Gecko Classic" HYPERFLASH and SUPER PUFFED!

This tee looks SO RAD with the Super Puff-Ink texture on the graphic -- just like it was back in the 1980s -- and really helps to create a classic 80s look!

About the "Gecko Classic"  tee:

We took our extremely iconic original logo and gave it a slightly updated clean look -- still 100% hand-drawn. The only difference is the thick black "sketchy" outline -- and we did that to make this shirt's puff ink go beyond "2X puff" to PURE SUPER PUFF. Everything about this tee is a combo of late 1980's to super early 90s. The graphic goes all the way across the back -- much like the old "Big Dog" / "B.U.M" Equipment tees used to do. 

The New Classic secret tee has nearly everything you're looking for in a Gecko Tee -- the retro look and feel, the iconic gecko, the texture and color change that explodes every nostalgia synapse in the brain.

Also, keep a look out for the EXTREMELY LIMITED HyperFlash versions launching on Sunday 8/29/21 -- they will sell out same day!  

Over this past year (2020/21) Gecko has grown significantly (thanks to you!) So, we decided to bring back a "fan-fave" for a short time, so the new fans can have a chance to relive their own nostalgia, and the classic fans can retire their old version and have something just as rad -- but completely different!

Gecko HYPERFLASH is a homage and retro flashback to the magical "thermochromatic" color-changing apparel of the early 1990's.

Gecko Hawaii X HYPERFLASH  - "Gecko Dagger" (originally released in 1992) on our long sleeve, Purple to Pink shirt! 

Purple to Pink is actually the most authentic early 90s color changing shirts!

The long sleeves are AMAZING! The color change is wild!  Push the sleeves up and make the most awesome "living, breathing, tie-dye" patterns! 

Thermochromatic technology has improved dramatically since the 1990's, but most apparel companies don't make it, because they are afraid to take risks, and it is REALLY expensive to make. However, our fans kept asking since our relaunch, so we are making it happen again!

The Hyperflash shirt is a slightly different size from all of our other shirts. They are closest to our black beach tees, but due to the HyperFlash magic washing process, and the fact that they are unisex shirts, they are ever so slightly smaller than your normal fit. Because of this, we are adding our sizing recommendations -- and we welcome your input too!

If you like the look and feel of a nice, fitted shirt, or you are under 5'8": Go with your actual size. 

If you like a slightly more relaxed fit: Try the next size up than normal. For example -- If I usually get a medium, but I'm finding that lately I've been eating too much shave ice with taro ice cream -- I'd probably be more comfy in a large. The most notable difference between medium and a large shirt is the length of the stomach area, and the length of the arms.

If you are taller and like longer sleeves: We recommend you go a size up too.

The sizing of these are slightly different than our normal tees, because with the Thermochromatic dyes, they go through a washing process -- which eliminates 95% of shrinkage prior to purchase. 

For the first time in over 30 year — Gecko Hawaii WHITE SPLATTER TEE WITH GLOW IN THE DARK NEON POCKET LOGO!

• 100% Cotton
• Unisex
• Super lightweight and soft!

Limited Run! LESS THAN 200 MADE! THESE WILL MOST LIKELY SELL OUT SAME DAY AS LAUNCH!

• Individually Hand Splattered - Each has it's own unique look.
• White & Black Splatter Tees were some of our most iconic tees from 88 onward. 
• White, Neon Green, Neon Blue & Neon Pink Splatter
• Uses some original paint from the original Gecko Splatter era for authentic 80s/90s texture look and feel
• GLOW IN THE DARK POCKET LOGO -- this is the only "update" we made to the shirt's authentic retro vibe -- swapping out our green/blue logo for a hot pink one.
• Blacklight reactive makes it look like you're in space!
• We brought the "micro splatter" for this one! -- Smaller splatter dots, which was something we did for many years -- it almost looks as though they are 3Dimensional thread!

Gecko Hawaii teamed up with one of long time artists to bring back one of the most popular requests since our relaunch!

We worked with Dennis back in the late 80s & 90s — and he created hundreds of thousands of Gecko Hawaii Splatter tees. Since then, Dennis has worked with every brand in the book, from brands like OP and Bugle Boy in the 80’s to Yeezy and Supreme today. 

SUMMER SPLATTER

We use our white cotton beach tees for this one, so that it feels extra soft, "light and fluffy" and can be worn on even the hottest of days!

For all of those DIY Gecko Hawaii fanatics -- this is a PERFECT tee to practice your experimental dye jobs, tie dye, and more. You can make it any color like! We just recommend using a little less dye than normal in the washer -- to keep the color of the dimensional puff ink.

SIZING:

Our Beach tees are the perfect fit if you are ripped and like to show off -- if you are more on the skinny side, we recommend the actual size -- and if you are more closer to going up a size soon, we recommend getting 1 size larger than you normally wear, as these tees are 100% cotton and can shrink in the dryer if you want them too. If you generally like a slightly looser t -- go one size up. If you like a fitted t -- get your actual size.

The Look, The Feel, The History of Gecko's Splatter:

Our neon green, pink, white, blue and black splatter was different than other contemporary’s at the time because although we used neon —  it was much more subtle — using super small — yet evenly dispersed paint specks all over the shirt. At the time (and still today), most splatter shirts consisted of either one color, multi-color with huge streaks and splashes. That can look cool, but it can also be hard to pull off and can look too busy. We wanted to release something that had a “pop” and was rad — but was strong and subtle. By using the “speckle/splash” technique,  it gave the shirt a look as though it was almost part of the fabric itself.

If you still happen to own of the early splatter shirts, you’d notice that the paint had a lot more texture to it. As time went on, with larger mass production, the addition of graphics, and new types of paint — the splatter was flattened in the “flashing” process. However, our goal for the first Splatter shirts, hoodie, jogger re-release was to re-create that first ever splatter shirt we made. It is fully equipped with the original texturized splatter from the late 80’s early 90’s (check out the video, we even used some of the VERY SAME paint from back then!). with a simple pocket logo. This required us to splatter by hand — not by graphic design or digital printer.You can feel the quality and it is AWESOME. As far as we know, there is nothing else out there like it today.

Gecko Volleyball - Release

ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN 1988

RE-ISSUED for the first time in 30 years on 8/20/21!

We made "Gecko Volleyball" for part of our authentic collection -- and make it as true to the original as possible! This includes all of the original imperfections in the Gecko and the art.  We are also releasing it on a Hanes Beefy-Tee, with awesome 80s neon inks, and of course -- classic, double PUFF ink! 

People will -- without a doubt -- think that you are cruising around in a real vintage version of Gecko Hawaii Volleyball. 

1988, the USA Men's Olympic Volleyball Team defeated the Soviet team to win the gold medal. With all of the crazy political things happening at the time between USA and Russia, it meant so much more here than just a "win."  and there was a proud and party atmosphere in the air. Beach life and style was at the top of it's game and that summer, the Olympics propelled Volleyball into a major peak of popularity.

We brought back this awesome gem of a tee, to coincide with the Olympics and also because it SCREAMS mid 1980s. You may also notice how different the Gecko looked back then than the super clean gecko of today --- yet still iconic and influential. It's an  EXTREMELY difficult vintage find -- in fact we've only seen 2 of them in the past 4 years -- and we have our feelers out there! 

Get it before it's gone for another 30 years! Lol!

• 100% Cotton
• Classic Fit - Hanes Beefy T (The original Tees we printed on in the 80s/90s.)
• Printed at Gecko HQ
• 1980's Puffed Ink
• Front Print! 

Our first ever Women's Board Shorts with pockets!

Add a little retro flare to your beach party, pool party, vacation, or hot tub time machine -- with Gecko Hawaii's women's Board Shorts! Perfect for the sun -- AND for the water! Pockets included!

Add the Women's Color Block Windbreaker to take the fun & radness to the next level! 80's & 90's Baby!

• All Hand Drawn Original Art from 1988
• POCKETS!
• 90s "Color Block" Style
• 80s Neon Colorway
• Super Light Weight
• Dries FAST
• Retro style/Modern Dolphin cut .