What is Aloha shirt?
[[File:Shirt (AM 2019.4.5-1).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|A blue aloha shirt]] An '''Aloha shirt''' (also known as a '''Hawaiian shirt''') is a type of shirt that comes from [[Hawaii]]. It is the most popular type of clothing made in [[Hawaii]].<ref>''Let's Go Hawaii 5th Edition'', eds. Jessica Lane Lucier, Evelyn Z. Hsieh (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2009), p. 28</ref> The shirts are usually short sleeved, have buttons and have collars. The brand was first sold in a [[Honolulu]] shop by a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] immigrant in 1904. After his death in 1915, his son took over the shop and continued selling them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jomm.jp/newsletter/tayori01_02.html |title=History of Japanese immigrants and Aloha Shirts (translated) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 2005 |publisher=Japanese Overseas Migration Museum |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=9 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909140339/http://www.jomm.jp/newsletter/tayori01_02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == <references/> [[Category:Tops (clothing)]] [[Category:Hawaii]] {{US-stub}}