Hawaiian shirts

Our goal when we first came online in 1999 was provide Hawaiian shirts that is above industry standards at amazingly low prices for quality workmanship, beautiful fabric with vibrant designs shoppers will appreciate. Along with fast shipping and responsive customer service we built one of the best combinations for you to purchase Hawaiian shirts and Hawaii apparel.

Not surprisingly we are passionate about quality Hawaiian shirts and Hawaiian clothing products from RainbowHawaii.com, when you know a little of our background you'll understand why. A number of our friends, relatives and family sailed from China to settle in Hawaii around the 1800’s through 1980’s. Many were and are talented seamstresses and craftsman who earn their living making apparel and later became a strong contribution to the creation and manufacture of Hawaiian shirts and Hawaiian clothing in Hawaii.

With the creation of rayon all the good qualities of silk had a affordable fabric and soon Hawaiian shirts would be made with this fabric. Rayon intensifies the lustrous sheen and color with good comfort and fluid drape of silk that make rayon fabric one of the most popular materials for Hawaiian shirts today.

Today rayon Hawaiian shirts are made of quality soft fine smooth soft heavy or lightweight 100% rayon.

In the 1800's outside traders from America and Europe introduced cotton cloth to Hawaii that was colored and printed with a few simple designs. As the years went by Hawaii began to develop and soon had sugar cane and pineapple plantations as outside developers took control of the land. The workers from the sugar cane and pineapple plantations as well as cattle ranchers or paniolos, (Hawaiian Cowboys) wore cotton palaka shirts which are criss-cross checkered looking print patterns with straight cut bottoms so they did not have to tuck in their shirts while working under the hot Hawaiian sun. They also cut off the long sleeves to help stay cool. And an increasing variety of colors and variations of these shirt prints began to grow and were the beginnings of pre Hawaiian shirts. Around the time the tourism industry was just starting in the 1920's and 30's a Chinese immigrant tailor named Ellery Chun put together a flower print shirt on a brightly colored background and became the originator of Hawaiian shirts what we call in Hawaii, Aloha Shirts. The Hawaiian shirts, Aloha print, Hawaiian clothing industry was born.

By the early 1940's this new fashion of the islands was established as the Aloha wear industry. This industry began to grow with steady demand over the years. Today Hawaiian shirts is made of many materials with cotton as the most popular followed by silk, rayon, polyester and other synthetics. The Hawaiian shirts design today typically reflect the scenes you find around Hawaii with Tropical Flowers the most popular. This is a reason almost all Hawaiian shirts fabrics from Rainbowhawaii.com are tropical flower designs.

The popularity of Hawaiian shirts has grown to the point where other countries are making them in large numbers. At RainbowHawaii.com we've learned most people want real Hawaiian shirts made In Hawaii USA and that is what we and others vendors in Hawaii provide as we help support the local Hawaii economy.

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