"Hilo Hattie holds the Guinness World Record for the largest aloha shirt — 400XL. Slightly smaller versions, 200XL, are featured in its stores. Watch Augie discover how to Go Big!, the official website says.

"Founded in 1963, Hilo Hattie has grown from one store into a chain of five stores to become Hawaii’s largest retailer, manufacturer and wholesaler of Hawaiian fashions and gifts. Voted by Hawaii's residents as "The Best Place for Hawaiian Fashions" for the past 10 years, Hilo Hattie guarantees our shoppers the best values, largest selection of Made-in-Hawaii gifts and a 100% quality guarantee on thousands of Hawaiian products.

"Clarissa “Clara” Haili was born on October 28, 1901. She began her career as a School Teacher but it was her singing and dancing that gave her a place in modern history. She popularized the comic hula style with such tunes as “When Hilo Hattie Does the Hula Hop” and “The Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai.” She legally changed her name to Hilo Hattie in 1942. Clara "Hilo Hattie" Nelson passed away in 1979, leaving behind a legacy carried on by a quality company that understands and illustrates the Aloha Spirit."

"It took 26 yards of fabric to create the world's largest aloha shirt, which measures 168 inches or 14 feet around the chest, 161 inches at the waist and 60-1/2 inches for the neck. And the record officially belongs to Hilo Hattie, the state's largest retailer of Hawaiian fashions, gifts and souvenirs," the Honolulu Star-Advertiser says.

"Since it created the floral-print shirt for its Kamehameha Day Parade float in 1986, the Iwilei-based company has claimed the aloha shirt as the world's largest. Four months ago, Hilo Hattie management decided to make it official by submitting its challenge to Guinness Publishing in London.

" The company claims 13 sumo-sized wrestlers can be fitted for the amount of fabric it took to create the record-holder. It took three days for Hilo Hattie's design department to grade and size the pattern and cut and sew the garment. Two additional days were spent hand painting the shirt. Holes were drilled in koa-wood beverage coasters, which were used as buttons."

"The aloha shirt, also referred to as a Hawaiian shirt, is a style of dress shirt originating in Hawaii. They are collared and buttoned dress shirts, usually short-sleeved and made from printed fabric. They are traditionally worn untucked, but can be worn tucked into the waist of trousers. They are worn casually or as informal business attire in Hawaii.

"Aloha Friday", or Casual Friday, a now-common tradition of celebrating the end of the workweek by wearing more casual attire on Fridays, initially grew out of an effort to promote aloha shirts.

"Aloha dress shirts are printed, mostly short-sleeved, and collared. They almost always have buttons, sometimes for the entire length of the shirt or at least up to the chest. They usually have a left chest pocket sewn in, often with attention to ensure the printed pattern remains continuous. Aloha shirts may be worn by men or women. Women's aloha shirts usually have a lower-cut, v-neck style."  (Wikipedia)