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Pendleton Mens, wool shirts

S/S Board Shirts are here!

May 16, 2024

The Shirts of Summer

Our men’s Board Shirt was made famous by SoCal surfers in the 1960s, a reputation that only grew when the Beach Boys (who first came to fame as the Pendletones) wore them on the covers of their first hit records. (You can read about that here: Pendleton and the Beach Boys).

We’re excited to offer it in a short sleeve version, in the Original Surf Plaid (and more!).

The short sleeve version of the Pendleton Board Shirt in the Original Surf Plaid made famous by the Beach Boys

We’d been offering short sleeve wool shirts almost as long as we’ve made long sleeves. Our older ads show them for both men and boys in ways that associate the style with music. Just take a look!

1964 Pendleton Menswear ad with musicians and happy women in the background, and college students in the foreground.
1964 ad
1965 Pendleton shirt add with a man plays a banjo and a woman shakes a tambourine in the background, with a man and woman talking in the foreground.
1965 ad
Vintage Pendleton ad from 1966, showing four men playing musical instruments by a reel-to-reel tape recorder, while a woman listens adoringly.
1966 ad

Today, we’re excited to offer our Board Shirt with short sleeves in four colors; the Original Surf Plaid shown above, and three more plaids,.

Three Short Sleeve Pendleton Board Shirts for Spring 2024

Just like the long sleeve version, the Short Sleeve Board Shirt is made in our signature Umatilla® Wool, a premium, machine-washable fabric that’s woven with wool sourced from local ranchers in Umatilla County, Oregon, near our Pendleton mill. This soft and durable midweight fabric is water, odor and stain-resistant.

All the Details

  • 100% virgin wool
  • Fabric woven in our American mills
  • Machine wash
  • Square bottom
  • Two bias-cut chest pockets with flaps
  • Imported of USA fabric

See it here: Short Sleeve Board Shirt