Alfred Shaheen
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title:
Alfred Shaheen
text:
Alfred Shaheen was a textile industrialist who is credited with popularizing the aloha shirt. "He was a true visionary", said Linda Arthur, a professor and curator for the Washington State University Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles. "He started in a place (Hawaii) where there was no industry to speak of and created one from the ground up, creating a truly vertically integrated business." Elvis Presley wears the Tiare Tapa, an Alfred Shaheen shirt, on the album cover for
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American businessman (1922–2008)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shaheen
date created:
2009-01-06T16:01:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:31:41Z
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