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Hawaiian Clothing Manufacturers
Information about manufacturers of Hawaiian clothing,
including Reyn Spooner, Princess Kaiulani,
the Kamehameha Garment Company, the T & L Muumuu
Factory, and others.
Ainakea of Hawaii
Baul Louie Designs
Cinnamon Girl
Crazy Fish of Hawaii
Unique Hawaiian block-print clothing for women
and young girls, including dresses, pants,
blouses, and accessories.
Crazy Shirts
The first Crazy Shirts shop opened in 1964
in the Internatoinal Marketplace in Waikiki,
and it sold t-shirts with silly or controversial
messages such as "suck 'em up", "surfboards Hawaii",
and "draft beer not students". Their main product
is still t-shirts, but they now carry a much wider
variety of designs, and they ahve expanded their
product line to include shorts, pants, and jackets.
Growing Keiki
This children's clothing shop in Haleiwa on the
north shore of Oahu carries Hawaiian print dresses,
shirts, diaper covers, onsies, t-shirts, and other
clothing for babies and kids.
Hilo Hattie
This company sells Hawaiian print clothing for
men, women, and children, and they also sell Hawaiian
souvenirs and food items such as jams and macadamia nut candies.
The company was named after a popular hula entertainer
of the 1950's and 1960's, whose real name was Clarissa Haili Nelson.
Iolani Sportswear
Founded in 1953 by Keiji and Edith Kawakami. See also this
2006 article in the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Kamehameha Garment Company
This manufacturer of Hawaiian shirts and ties
is located on the North shore of Oahu in
Haleiwa Town. The company was founded in 1936 by
Herbert Briner.
The Kamehameha Garment Company
was included in the Forbes list, "50 of America's best"
for Best Tropical Sportshirt, and the company has also received
a "Manufacturer of the Year" award from the Hawaiian Fashion
Association.
Princess Kaiulani
This company was founded in 1960 by award winning designer
Joan Anderson and her husband Jack. Princess Kaiulani
specializes in designing elegant and high-end traditional and modern
muu muu, holomuu, and holoku. Joan and Jack's daughter
Jill is sales manager and assistant to designer Joan.
This is a wonderful place to buy a dress for a wedding or other
special occasion.
Red Earth Hawaii
This subsidiary of Kauai Screen Prints was founded
by Steven Hirano in 1993. Red Earth Hawaii specializes
in producing t-shirts colored using the red earth
seen on Kauai and other Hawaiian islands as a natural dye
for t-shirts and other clothing. red Earth Hawaii
is planning to develop a new line of clothing
called "Blue Hawaii Denim".
Reyn Spooner
In 1956 Ruth Spooner established a clothing
company in Honolulu called Spooners of Waikiki,
where she made Hawaiian print shirts and swimwear.
In 1962 she sold the business to Reyn McCullough,
who named his new company Reyn Spooner. The goal
of Reyn Spooner was to design and manufacture high quality aloha shirts
using more subtle and sophisticated Hawaiian print fabrics
then those used at the time for the aloha shirts sold to tourists.
One of Reyn Spooner's unique ideas was using the reverse
side of Hawaiian print fabrics for a more subtle effect.
T & L Muumuu Factory
Designer and manufacturer of aloha wear
for the retail and wholesale market and
for the uniform industry. They offer a wide
variety of long and short muumuu styles, blouses,
skirts, hawaiian print shirts for men,
and aloha wear for children. Located on
Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu.
Hawaiian Fashion Designers
Hawaii's top clothing designers including Tori Richards,
Diane Lunn, Mamo Powell, and others.
Others Clothing Manufacturers and Shops
Blue Ginger
Loco Boutique
Kahala
See also:
Hawaii's Fashion Designers
Hawaiian Shirts
Shopping Centers in Hawaii
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