print-spiration: aloha wear

often thought of tacky, aloha prints are truly an amazing cultural treasure. these tropical prints emerged from hawaii in the twenties and thirties around the time the tourism industry was just starting. the prints were very inspired by japanese kimono prints, traditional hawaiian block prints and of course the exotic landscape. black + white japanese inspired chrysanthemum print. elvis from blue hawaii. forties rayon hawaiian shirt with amazing color palette. chinese inspired hawaiian dresses forties through sixties. marni runway looks a few current looks featuring aloha prints courtesy of refinery29 a few of the many options available at our shop hollywood babylon in portland, oregon.