Originally Posted by
vuittonsofstyle
I seem to remember that it was Amanpuri that had the first Amanjunkie t-shirts.
It could be that the idea came from Raymond Bickson, who at the time, was GM of The Mark - a Georg Rafael hotel. That hotel had black t-shirts for regular guests. I can't remember what the wording was - something pithy. I guess I should have kept one.
Rafael Hotels marketed Amanresorts in the early days. In fact, it was almost as if Aman was part of Rafael - not surprising as Adrian and Georg were both ex Regent International and these were their first hotel forays after leaving Regent.
The second Amanjunkie t-shirt was, I think, at Amankila - cream on cream, so very subtle. I don't recall Amandari having one in the early days. It was the sort of decision that Adrian left up to individual GMs, as with most things.
Oh yes , now that you mention it , that ' s how we started staying at The Mark , most recently last month . May have the T - shirt somewhere in my " antique " collection
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Quite nice that each Aman has their stylized Amanjunkie Ts . Good that the colours / fonts vary . Pulo may be one of few that has variations in styles with polos , colours too . Kids can have theirs
Puri is the only one without their property identified & more recently having black besides original white with blank print .
( Not to worry too if the sizing is way off , sometimes XL is more like S , depending on the supplier used during your repeat stays . So be sure to check when you receive yours - Amans back then used to be in rather remote locales . Good thing we tend to return to some more frequently than others . Exchanges easier then
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