This is one of the most famous aloha shirt patterns, originally made famous by the HALE HAWAII company in the early 1950s. Recently brought to prominence as the pattern worn by Anthony Bourdain. Our version has the original lettering "Land of Aloha" change to our "KONABAY HAWAII" on it.
This color way is original to Kona Bay Hawaii and is their signature model.
About Kona Bay Hawaiian Shirts:
We started with a simple mission - to craft authentic aloha shirts the way they were originally made: with Pride and Aloha
According to local historians, the aloha shirt dates back to the 20s and 30s in Hawaii when local Japanese immigrants started to produce warm climate shirts with colorful kimono fabrics brought from Japan.
Because there were no factories that dyed and wove the cloth in Hawaii, the cloth came from Japan and were sewn in Hawaii, making the Aloha Shirts produced during 1930 to 1955 very high quality. In the 1950’s, government and people came together and took part in various PR activities for Aloha Shirts leading it to become the formal outfit of Hawaii loved by all locals till this day.
Sadly most ‘Hawaiian’ shirts you see in the market today are cheap and inauthentic products, mass produced in factories outside of Hawaii. Unfortunately this is still the case with some big brands that started in Hawaii.
We wanted to be true to the local culture, and produce genuine and authentic aloha shirts that are respectful to the culture where they were born. That meant we needed to print our fabrics in Japan, bring them to the islands and hand-sew them locally in Hawaii.
We have been making aloha shirts with this philosophy for the past twenty years. All of our products are still printed in Japan and hand-sewn locally in Hawaii. A true Made-in-Hawaii product.
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SHOULDER |
CHEST |
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XS |
16.5" |
40" |
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S |
18" |
42" |
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M |
19" |
47" |
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L |
20" |
48" |
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XL |
21" |
52" |
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2XL |
22" |
58" |
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59" |
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