Aloha Shirt Manufacturing

Our facilities are not open to walk-ins, but we want to give you a glimpse into the wonderful world of manufacturing Hawaiian apparel. Manufacturing Hawaiian shirts is hard work, but happy customers and creative freedom are what we are all about.

Popular Hawaiian Shirt Designs for Hawaiian Shirts:

Basic all-over Hawaiian print shirt – Probably the most common among all Hawaiian shirts. All over prints are distinguished by the repeating of the prints that appears throughout the fabric. Anything goes with this style of the print, although a common basic all-over print Hawaiian shirt does have to have some conformity in the repeat and pattern. Among all Hawaiian shirts, this type can be worn either tucked in or free. We recommend that you wear your Aloha Hawaii shirt un-tucked.

Scenic print Hawaiian shirt – This may be the second most popular Hawaiian shirt design. Some people find the scenic print appealing for it characterizes the Hawaiian vacation experience. The scenic print is distinguishable by the repeating images, usually a scene depicting Hawaiian culture and local activities rather than the typical basic repeating images of montserra leafs or hibiscus flower.

Border print shirt – This style is intended to be worn un-tucked and renowned for its design which typically runs across the shirt. Unlike the basic all-over and scenic print, the border Hawaiian shirts have large and full images towards the bottom of the shirt. A great example would be a panoramic beach scene with palm trees and old Woodie cars with surfboards.

Matched print Hawaiian shirt – The print is continuous and runs from one part of the shirt to the other. The design is almost the same with the border print shirt with its large print starting at the bottom and going up; the only difference is that the aloha Hawaii shirts maintain a seamless image from the left panel to the right, uninterrupted by the buttons. Since it is the character of the design, this type of Hawaiian shirt with a matched print is more difficult to assemble and requires skillful cutters.

Panel shirt – This kind of design is identified with vertical panels. Like the basic all-over and scenic print, this type of Hawaiian shirt has repeating vertical patterns, usually that of leaves, pineapples, flowers etc. Outside yolks may or may not match up with the overall schema of the print. Wave Shoppe leans toward matching the outside yolks whenever appropriate.

Engineered Hawaiian shirt – This type of Hawaiian shirt design is usually depicted with larger images, repeats can be every 18 inches. It is like the matched print and border print with seamless design, even if it crosses the buttons. This is the most expensive among all Hawaiian shirt designs because of the fabric and manufacturing costs associated with high-quality fabric design.

Matched pocket – Like the matched print, the matched pocket has a seamless design, this time at the pockets. Most fine Hawaiian shirts have a matched pocket design that is traditionally matched by hand. Unless otherwise specified, all of Wave Shoppe's men's Hawaiian shirts have hand matched pockets.

Not all Hawaiian Shirts are Created Equal: