The cyclical nature of fashion is well-documented, and a garment that is currently seeing itself in a particularly odd upswing of this cycle is the Aloha shirt—most notably, due to its association ...

Colin Douglas Gray hasn’t always been an Aloha shirt aficionado. In fact, years ago, he and his friend Nick began to jokingly call Nick’s father “Magnum, P.I.,” after Tom Selleck’s floral-sporting ...

Here’s the thing about fashion trends: when they do break big – to the point where you’re spotting them both on runways and the streets of major cities – typically a conversation (and commotion) ...

How to rock the colorful trend this summer, following the footsteps of pioneers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. By Kathleen Walsh Sometime when you weren’t looking, the Hawaiian shirt went from ...

Hollywood's unwavering support for the Hawaiian shirt – or the Aloha shirt, if we’re to go by its original name – should be respected. It has long espoused the divisive, striking, holiday-ready layer, ...

BANISH FROM YOUR brain the tacky Ace Ventura and Margaritaville version of the 50th state’s contribution to menswear. And trade in the chintzy hula girl shirt you bought in Key West for the modern ...

Welcome to The Esquire Endorsement. Heavily researched. Thoroughly vetted. These picks are the best way to spend your hard-earned cash. Ah, the aloha shirt. Once fraught only because your drunkest ...

Designers have a go at a kitsch classic. In the years leading up to 1959, when Hawaii became the 50th state and pineapples seemed exotic, American tourists returned to the mainland wearing newly ...