Alfred Shaheen: Pioneer of the Hawaiian Shirt

Alfred Shaheen (left) wanted to expand his family's traditional garment business to include ready-to-wear aloha shirts and women's fashions
Courtesy of Alfred Shaheen

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Shaheen (left) expanded his family's traditional garment business to include ready-to-wear aloha shirts and women's fashions. In 1948, he started his own company with four seamstresses trained by his mother, Mary.

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