Olympian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and New York garment company, Cisco, collaborated and created a Duke Kahanamoku sportswear collection in 1950. This collection was distributed to better stores across the country.
This short-sleeved aloha shirt featuring an iconic scene from Waikīkī: tall palms swaying along the water’s edge, with Diamond Head looming in the background. The palm leaves reach all the way to the collar, tinged orange — like everything else here — with the rising run.
This shirt features a border design that was cut “across the goods,” which requires special attention in the cutting room to ensure the fronts will line up precisely.
