co-opting another piece of Hawaiian culture: the aloha shirt. Though its precise origins are lost to history, the aloha shirt first appeared in Hawaii in the 1920s or ’30s, probably when local ...

A couple years ago, some clever trend-setters pulled their dads’ Hawaiian shirts out of the closet. The results were even better than anticipated, and the trend breathed new life into the mid ...

And trade in the chintzy hula girl shirt you bought in Key West for the modern Hawaiian shirt, a look better suited to “The Talented Mr. Ripley” than “Magnum, P.I.” “We aren’t talking ...

American tourists returned to the mainland wearing newly purchased Hawaiian shirts with pride. In those days, writes Dale Hope in “The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands,” a lovely $60 ...

“[Wearing an Aloha shirt is] the easiest way to get in the chill zone — and they’re not boring.” This might explain why Aloha, or Hawaiian, shirts are having a moment of ...

Once the preserve of camera-toting, sandal-wearing American tourists, the Hawaiian shirt has captured the imagination of top fashion houses. Prada has long been a fan of tropical prints and now ...

Colorful? Yes. Comfortable? For sure. Tacky? Depends on who you ask. Hawaiian—or “Aloha”—shirts are among the world’s most polarizing garments. Their vibrant journey to the mainland and ...