“The Cleanest Line” Reading Response

The article I pick was The Aloha Shirt: “Spirit of the Islands,” because arts is something that I am interested in and this is a good article for me to study and understand how a shirt in Hawaii that became one of the best souvenir in history. As I read the article I learned that there was a long history about this aloha shirt, the origin of the idea, and how it became a enduring souvenir for tourist and tailors etc. But I was interested in the art not the history and I read that this shirt was made by a fabric materials and was colorful, which catches people interest because it tells a history of Hawaiians. Also the art that was sew on the shirt was just cool and colorful. I also learnt that these shirts was sold very cheap during that time period so people can afford it and buy it as an souvenir. The Aloha shirt was very popular for tourist who visit Hawaii and by US navy. Which by the increasing visitors of the US Navy the souvenir grew and as the article shows, “The word “aloha” was used in connection with many products advertised in shop windows and newspaper advertisements.” This is something everyone can learn from and create a idea and expand it so more people from different worlds will be familiar with the object or product. This shows something that was created that was just to sell for couple cents became one of the best souvenir in Hawaii.