The Hawaiian shirt: also known as an Aloha shirt It was fir..
Added 2024-05-02 05:01:15 +0000 UTCThe Hawaiian shirt: also known as an Aloha shirt
It was first popularized in the 1920s and 1930s in Hawaii when, as the Smithsonian Institute suggests, due to Japanese women living in Hawaii fashioning men’s clothing out of leftover kimonos.
While the prints and patterns were originally considered feminine, visiting to Hawaii was considered a great luxury in the 1930s and so, despite the flowery tropical patterns, became a major status symbol in the mainland United States.
During the 1940s and into the 1950s celebrities like Elvis and Bung Crosby wore them, further cementing it as a closet staple for tropical and beach attire.
As the Smithsonian concludes, through the ages it has become ubiquitous with corny-suburban-dad-wear. Hence, the Jazz Fest dad association.
