During the day, you'll see tourists and islanders wearing any darned thing that comes into their heads. Shorts with T-shirts or pullover tops are common. About the only thing that may be prohibited or at least frowned upon by some stores and commercial establishments are bare feet. You should at least wear what many in Hawaii call the rubber slipper, also known by the Japanese name of zoris. But don't wear them driving a car, since they have a way of getting caught up in inconvenient if not dangerous ways with accelerators and brake pedals.
Bare feet make for safer driving than zoris.
Travel writer Robert W. Bone is a journalist, editor and photographer. The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co .