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}} Alfred Shaheen (January 31, 1922 – December 22, 2008) was a textile industrialist who is credited with popularizing the Hawaiian shirt.〔("Thanks, Alfred Shaheen, for giving us the Hawaiian shirt" ), Steve Busfield, guardian.co.uk, January 6, 2009.〕〔("Alfred Shaheen, garment industry pioneer, dies at 86" ), Claire Noland, ''Los Angeles Times'', January 4, 2009.〕 "Alfred Shaheen is arguably the father of the Hawaiian fashion industry. It was Shaheen who brought Hawai‘i fashion to the world. His unique and artful prints and sophisticated, fashion-forward silhouettes brought national, and even international, attention to island fashion from the 1940s through the 1980s. It was Shaheen who took aloha attire from casual tourist wear to elegant style statements."〔"Beyond Island Wear", Paula Rath, Humanities, ''The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities'', March/April 2013.〕 "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."〔("Leaders & Success: The Hawaiian Shirt Monarch" ), Brian J. Arthurs, ''Investor's Business Daily'', March 6, 2009.〕 "Island textiles icon Alfred Shaheen was among the founders of the modern Hawaiian garment industry, helping revolutionize the business not only through innovative designs but by establishing a business model that allowed him to introduce Hawaiian wear to people around the world."〔("Alfred Shaheen, Giant of the Garment Industry" ), Gordon Y.K. Pang, ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', December 25, 2008.〕 "No manufacturer inspires more respect than Alfred Shaheen, who built the most self-sufficient garment company Hawaii would ever see.... This success story of a family-run, Hawaiian owned and operated company has inspired others for more than 50 years."〔"The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands", Dale Hope with Gregory Tozian, 2000.〕 Elvis Presley wears the Tiare Tapa, an Alfred Shaheen shirt, on the album cover for his album ''Blue Hawaii''. ==Early life== Shaheen was born in Cranford, New Jersey on January 31, 1922 to a family of Lebanese immigrants, who were garment industry entrepreneurs. Shaheen's grandfather, Assi Shaheen, came to the U.S. from Lebanon in the late-1800s and established silk factories in New York and New Jersey. Shaheen's father, George, joined his father, Assi, in the U.S. in the early-1900s. George ultimately started his own business, Geo. Shaheen, with his wife, Mary. In 1938, George moved his family and his business to Hawaii, where George and Mary specialized in custom garments made from silks, brocades, rayon satin, and other formal fabrics. Alfred returned to the mainland to attend Whittier College, where he excelled at math, physics, engineering and football. Alfred graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering just as the U.S. entered World War II. Alfred enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a fighter pilot, flying 84 missions over Germany, Italy and France.〔("The Celebration of Ethnic Diversity in Alfred Shaheen's Textile Designs" ), Linda Arthur Bradley, PhD, HI Fashion: The Legacy of Alfred Shaheen, November 10, 2012–February 4, 2013.〕〔("Alfred Shaheen's Influence Beyond the Hawaiian Shirt" ), Catharine Hamm, ''Los Angeles Times'', October 21, 2012.〕〔("Alfred Shaheen" ), Mike Gordon, ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', July 2, 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Shaheen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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