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May 19, 2012 7:30 AM EDT
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What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called

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Aloha Print — To appeal to a wider range of customers during the Great Depression, Honolulu resident Ellery Chun began selling short-sleeved shirts made of leftover Japanese kimono fabric, which included designs with palm fronds, hula girls, and pineapples. The "Aloha" shirt has since evolved into all manners of clothing, and became a staple of Hawaiian fashion.

Photo: Courtesy of Mood Fabrics/Photographed by Guang Xu; Lulu & Co Tropical Printed Shorts, $324.35, available at Glassworks.

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