Jacqueline On Kaua’i

The fact that these shirts are handmade with a large variety of high quality fabrics and that Jacqueline will tailor the shirts to fit you, all for $ 70… Wow! We came in here on a whim during the hanapepe street fair and walked out with a super cool shirt! Thanks, Jacqueline!

If you are planning on buying an aloha shirt, look no further than Jacqueline. She has a bunch on the rack but will tailor any of them to fit your exact measurements and preferences (fitted/​loose, vents, sleeve length, etc). Don’t like any of the ones on the rack? She has a number of bolts of fabric to choose from so you can find a pattern you like, and she will make a custom shirt for you.
I was extremely impressed for the price ($ 65 for an aloha shirt), it’s great quality stuff and I paid less for a custom shirt here than I did for an off-​the-​rack Tori Richard. It fits perfectly and I now have a great hand-​made souvenir that I can wear on Aloha Fridays back on the mainland.
It is extremely easy to miss her shop — it’s on Hanapepe’s main street right off of HI-​50. I’ve driven by on a few trips, never knew the place was here, and only found her after learning that she was doing work for one of the local shirt shops in Koloa. Skip the high end retailers in Poipu and the cheapo foreign-​made stuff from Whalers and ABC and head to Jacqueline’s — you will be glad you did.

The real deal is found here. I wanted to buy my husband an Aloha shirt, a genuine coconut shell button Aloha shirt while we were here. We found Jacqueline as we were walking around Hanapepe to check out the «hanging bridge». A great selection of beautifully made Aloha shirts. My husband found one he liked and it fit nicely. Even if we had a problem, Jacqueline could have sewn one up right quick. Pricing was excellent ($ 68) Wish I had bought one for me.

The Aloha Shirt Lady (the same storefront and owner as Jacqueline on Kaua’i) made us a wonderful ladies Hawaiian shirt. My mom is very into music; my Dad and I were excited to see she had 3 different music note fabric types from which to choose. Within a few hours (she quoted 48) our new shirt was ready!
We were very impressed not only at the high quality of the fabric and quality of the shirt, but also that she was able to line up the music notes from one piece of fabric to the other. You can hardly tell where the seams are!