Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362).
Contents:
Ancient clothing -- Tailor shops to factory pioneers -- A community of manufacturers -- Designers in paradise -- Textiles and printmakers -- Island retailers -- Duke Kahanamoku and his legacy -- Celebrities & their shirts -- Shirtmakers of the '60s -- Pataloha by Patagonia -- Labels & buttons -- The collectors.
Summary:
"Drawing from hundreds of interviews, newspaper and magazine archives, and personal memorabilia, the author evokes the world of the designers, seamstresses, manufacturers, and retailers of the Golden Age of the Aloha shirt (from the 30s through the 50s), who created the industry and nurtured it from its single-sewing-machine-shop beginnings to an enterprise of international scope and importance. Here, too, are the fun-loving 60s, interviews with collectors who preserve these shirts as fine works of art; and insights into the roles of coconut buttons, matched pockets, woven labels, and exotic fabrics in the evolution of the Aloha shirt." --Publisher's Web site.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.