Aloha Shirt Spirit of the Islands

The Aloha Shirt provides a stunning pictorial history of the evolution of the Hawaiian shirt, a unique line of clothing that emerged during a Golden Age from the 1930s through the 1950s, as tourism expanded & the Aloha shirt became an icon of relaxation, casual dress, & the allure of life in the Islands. With over four hundred images of Aloha shirts, Hawaiian motifs, labels, & rare historical photographs, The Aloha Shirt features images & insights never before presented. The intriguing graphics are accompanied by a folk history text, which draws on dozens of interviews with pioneers, artists, retailers, & collectors in the industry, spanning the seventy-year history of Aloha shirts.Hope, Dale is the author of 'Aloha Shirt Spirit of the Islands' with ISBN 9781582700342 and ISBN 1582700346.