In Pendleton shirts and khakis, Mr. Wilson and the Beach Boys showed the world what easy Southern California living looked ...

The magic of The Beach Boys lay in their uncanny ability to transport listeners to California’s sun-drenched shores - no ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

This is precisely when the Pendleton Board Shirt comes in handy ... later known as the Beach Boys, the look has since been co opted by urbane wannabe woodsmen known pejoratively in hipster ...

Nit-picking aside, though, the Pendleton board shirt has remained a legend for almost 70 years for a reason: It’s good. The Beach Boys might not have stuck with it, but on my charts ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define California surfing culture, has died at age 82, ...

In fact, the Pendleton shirt was so ingrained into the culture at the time that the Beach Boys were originally called the Pendletones. Pendleton still makes that same design, called the Board ...

WATCHING THE TRAILER for “Love & Mercy,” a biopic about the Beach Boys’ frontman ... khakis and a Pendleton Woolen Mills plaid shirt.

Brian Wilson, the driving creative force behind the Beach Boys who endured abuse, mental illness and deafness in his right ...

Case in point, the Beach Boys were originally known as the Pendletones, a name that was inspired by the Original Surf Plaid Pendleton shirts that were a staple of the 1960s surfer culture.

The Beach Boys (L-R Carl Wilson ... This name was a play on musical “tones” and Pendleton shirts, which were considered, at that time, to be the “surf uniform” for beachgoers.

Pendleton's plaid shirts even appeared on the cover of the Beach Boys album, "Surfin' Safari." After Jeff Bridges wore a Pendleton sweater in "The Big Lebowski," the "Dude sweater" is today one of ...