This Paniau Dress features our Malama Pili print on Celestial material with Cream ink. 

Malama Pili

The Hawaiian term for month is Malama. There are generally twelve malama in a Hawaiian lunar calendar year. Each malama has its own guiding partner star that travels in tandem, or pili with the moon when traversing across the sky along the same celestial path. The name of each malama becomes the name of its guiding partner star.

ʻIkuā, Welehu, Makaliʻi, Kāʻelo, Kaulua, Nana, Welo, Ikiiki, Kaʻaona, Hinaiaʻeleʻele, Hilinamā, & Hilinaehu are the main names of the guiding stars. There were sometimes two partner stars within a malama. These second stars become guiding stars for the aliʻi who had been born under them.

This design illustrates the celestial paths that the moon and its partner star travel upon from one month to the next month. - Kalei Nuʻuhiwa

Paniau Dress

Dressing island style sometimes requires a little formality.  We offer legit sleeves so that we can walk comfortably into any situation…

This aloha shirt dress is comfort wear!  The classic collaring and the placket button-up will take you from the office to school meeting, inter-island travel, and of course, to the after party.  One hundred percent cotton also makes this easy and cool.

100% Cotton 

Size & fit 

Model is 5ʻ5" and wearing a size small.

Fits true to size.