When the sun’s beating down, the best Hawaiian shirts should feel lightweight and flowy. That said, stick to finding breathable fabrics like cotton, linen, rayon or even silk. These materials ...

and Branfleet — began offering their Hawaiian shirts made with Japanese patterns and fabrics like rayon and silk. These shirts were made to combat Hawaii’s hot, humid conditions — they fit oversized ...

The shape of the shirt was a Western style, she says, while the original fabrics came from Japanese kimono cloth, and the prints were Hawaiian or Polynesian. Until the 1940s, the sewing was done ...

Hawaiian shirts are cool. Yes ... Made with quick-to-dry polyester fabric, it'll keep you sweat-free all season long. Counting down the days until it's hot and sunny enough to wear this every ...

Known in Hawaii as an aloha shirt, the style’s exact origins are hazy, but it likely came on the scene in the 1920s or ’30s, when Japanese women in Hawaii used kimono fabric to make men’s ...

Fittingly, Aloha shirts have Japanese roots. Those who’d left their homeland often brought with them bright kimono fabrics. Meanwhile, Filipino and Chinese newcomers brought barong talongs (a ...

When he transplanted from California to Hawaii in the 1930s, historians believe Japanese women had just started repurposing kimono fabric into men’s shirts, creating the world’s first aloha ...

Hawaiian shirts are as glamorous as they are novelty ... This is a light cotton poplin fabric that’s made for scorching hot days (and nights), and for even more beach cred, the buttons are ...

The Aloha Gravel Shirt looks like a regular shirt with a traditional shirt collar and buttons. But it’s made with a technical fabric that’s lightweight, breathable, and wicks moisture. For on the bike ...

Dozens of Hawaiian shirts and other clothing will ... come from the 1930s when tailors were creating colorful shirts from imported fabric,” Laitila said. “And it was very fashionable to ...

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.