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 ...

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

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 ...

Pendleton celebrated its 100th anniversary ... Before changing their name to The Beach Boys, five kids donned plaid board shirts and called themselves The Pendletones. All the while, such ...

The Majorettes name-checked Pendleton in their 1963 hit ... (The band changed their name of course, to The Beach Boys.) Flannel shirts continued to enjoy regular rotation among the citizens ...

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 were a fashion trend. That’s right, they wore wool flannels that were popular among surfers and beach bums of 1960s southern California. That shirt, a Pendleton, was an ...

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.

Nostalgia acts don't come any more nostalgic than the Beach Boys. Their tour ... In their ball caps and billowy shirts, they look like golfers, not surfers. None of them has the unlikely physical ...

The Bishop family has owned and operated Pendleton Woolen Mills for 161 years. We talked to three family members about the brand's past and future. © 2025 American ...