This button up aloha shirt features our Malama Pili print on Windsor material with Cloud 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 

Button Up Aloha Shirt 

Inspired by the ivy-league shirts of the early 1900s, the fabric designs are pure Hawai‘i, and the look is pleasingly fresh. The Button Up is an open front, tapered shirt with a full length placket. Coconut buttons are featured on the stand-up, button-down collar and on the front placket. Tuck it in or leave it out over the trousers for a more casual look. Either way, it's the perfect touch of crisp aloha!