The Hawaiian Shirt
H. Thomas Steele
Abbeville Press, New York 1984, 96 pages, 23.7 x 1.75 x 23.72 cm, ISBN 978-0896594197
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The Aloha shirt, also referred to as a Hawaiian shirt, is a style of dress shirt originating in Hawaii. They are collared and buttoned dress shirts, usually short-sleeved and cut from printed fabric. They are often worn untucked, but can be worn tucked in as well. They are not only casual wear, but serve as informal business attire in Hawaii. This book traces the history of the Hawaiian shirt, discusses the materials, designers, and manufacturers, details its different varieties, and explains the items which make a shirt collectible. Though its precise origins are lost to history, the aloha shirt first appeared in Hawaii in the 1920s or ’30s, probably when local Japanese women adapted kimono fabric for use in men’s shirting. The shirts achieved some popularity among tourists to Hawaii and found greater commercial success when they hit the mainland in the mid-1930s. America at the time was riddled with hardship and anxiety, with many men out of work and many others struggling to hold on to their breadwinner status.
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