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On April 3, the CDC issued a recommendation that Americans start wearing cloth face coverings when going out in public, in order to slow the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). A number of aloha shirt manufacturers immediately jumped into action, quickly producing runs of colorful aloha-styled masks from scrap shirt fabric. Kudos to these companies for helping us do our part in style, and injecting a bit of whimsy and color into this uncertain time! ...

I’ve recently published initial versions of two reference pages that I plan to gradually build out. One is a reading list, capturing all of the publications, podcasts, and major works I’ve found that focus on aloha shirts. The other is a general guide to aloha shirts, covering the basic terminology and design points to notice, as well as lists of common pattern families and floral motifs. ...

Everything is awesome in the world of Lego minfigs (or so I hear), but are they wearing the most awesome kind of shirts? ...