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This classic example of the Hawaiian shirt features distinctive Hawaiian words and themes. Bright colors gained a wider popularity after WWII and this shift marks that more relaxed, playful mood in casual menswear.
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Title: Shirt
Date: ca. 1949
Culture: American
Medium: synthetic
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Drew, 1988
Object Number: 2009.300.574
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