“When the Hawaiian shirt, which was later branded as the aloha shirt, was created here, it was for tourists, for visitors, as a way to take something back to the mainland with them,” Reilly ...

"Fashioning Aloha" delves into the rich and colorful history of the Hawaiian shirt and aloha wear through 53 garments and accompanying art.

The second annual Aloha Shirt Festival and Fashion Week Hawaii will be in full swing in Kailua-Kona beginning Friday.

TACOMA, Wash. — Craving swaying palms and Aloha spirit? Look no further than Tacoma, at the Washington State History Museum, where The Art of the Aloha Shirt: Keoni of Hawaii, 1938 to 1951 ...

But to those who live in Hawaii, especially Native Hawaiians, the aloha spirit attached to the commercialized patterns on the shirts has deeper meaning.

At Waikiki s Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1936, Bing Crosby wears a three-button pullover shirt made from fabric printed with Japanese motifs. Bing was a great promoter of aloha shirts, bringing them ...

But this isn't about that. This is about shirts. Specifically, the Hawaiian shirts, Aloha shirts and/or other floral numbers that you can put on your upper body this summer for weekend barbecues, ...

Hope wrote the book “The Aloha Shirt” about the early days of the textile industry in Hawaii and the meaning behind the aloha symbolism.