**Post Labels for the LABEL RESOURCE Here** 2025
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morning-glorious
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This is a bit of a mystery but this 80s cable knit wool fisherman's sweater with a Katahdin Ruggedwear label has an RN number 71341 -registered to LL Bean! I see the similar Katahdin Maine mountain logo on LL Bean goods, and I see Katahdin Ironworks as an LL Bean line. I can not find written evidence of LL Bean using a Katahdin Ruggedwear label without the name LL Bean on it, but I believe it MUST have been an 80s line of theirs. If you would like me to reshoot the label I can, sorry, I just realized it is crooked. I would like to submit this to the LL Bean label page.
ADDED TO THE LR 2-1-25, THANKS JEN!
ADDED TO THE LR 2-1-25, THANKS JEN!
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Mr.Tory
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Mamo Howell
Aloha Shirt, early 1990s
In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian fashion model and designer Lei Mamo Sousa Howell (1929–2020) launched her Mamo label in 1974 with quilts and blankets, followed by fashionable dresses, and later aloha shirts. The label was licensed in 2010 to Pomare Ltd., the parent company of Hilo Hattie’s. Mamo designs characteristically feature large bold prints, some inspired by Hawaiian quilts. The designer’s signature is often incorporated within the fabric’s design.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Aloha Shirt, early 1990s
In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian fashion model and designer Lei Mamo Sousa Howell (1929–2020) launched her Mamo label in 1974 with quilts and blankets, followed by fashionable dresses, and later aloha shirts. The label was licensed in 2010 to Pomare Ltd., the parent company of Hilo Hattie’s. Mamo designs characteristically feature large bold prints, some inspired by Hawaiian quilts. The designer’s signature is often incorporated within the fabric’s design.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
Kramer’s
Aloha Shirt, 1950s
Kramer’s was a Hawaiʻi chain of men’s clothing stores started by Samuel Kramer (1915-2009) in 1939. Their final location, a store specializing in men’s big and tall sizes, opened in 1997 and closed just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR /31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Aloha Shirt, 1950s
Kramer’s was a Hawaiʻi chain of men’s clothing stores started by Samuel Kramer (1915-2009) in 1939. Their final location, a store specializing in men’s big and tall sizes, opened in 1997 and closed just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR /31/25
Thank you, Tory!
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Mr.Tory
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Bete Inc.
Original Reyn Spooner Lahaina Sailor Bete Holokū, c. 1980
Bete Inc., a Hawaiʻi based women’s clothing company producing primarily dresses (muʻumuʻu and holokū) was founded by Elizabeth “Betty” Manchester (1906-1984) in 1959, who typically used calicos and small prints. The label often collaborated with other designer and also produced small runs of garments for groups and performers.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Original Reyn Spooner Lahaina Sailor Bete Holokū, c. 1980
Bete Inc., a Hawaiʻi based women’s clothing company producing primarily dresses (muʻumuʻu and holokū) was founded by Elizabeth “Betty” Manchester (1906-1984) in 1959, who typically used calicos and small prints. The label often collaborated with other designer and also produced small runs of garments for groups and performers.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
Joan Anderson by Princess Kaiulani for Liberty House
Holomū, 1990s
The Princess Kaiulani dress label was established in 1959 by Joan Anderson. Originally based in Kalihi, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, the company later moved to the McCully area of Honolulu. The label specializes in special-event holokū and holomū worn by wedding participants, performers, and regalia for members of Hawaiian organizations.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Holomū, 1990s
The Princess Kaiulani dress label was established in 1959 by Joan Anderson. Originally based in Kalihi, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, the company later moved to the McCully area of Honolulu. The label specializes in special-event holokū and holomū worn by wedding participants, performers, and regalia for members of Hawaiian organizations.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
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Menehune Plantation by Allen Akina
Holokū, 1980s
Poi Pourri by Allen Akina
Lokelani Quilt Holokū, 1977
Beginning in the 1970s, Native Hawaiian designer Allen Akina (1940–1991) produced fashions under several labels in Hawaiʻi. His mostly custom made, hand silk-screened fabric designs reference Hawaiian culture and its people in his paintings, illustrations, and textiles.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Holokū, 1980s
Poi Pourri by Allen Akina
Lokelani Quilt Holokū, 1977
Beginning in the 1970s, Native Hawaiian designer Allen Akina (1940–1991) produced fashions under several labels in Hawaiʻi. His mostly custom made, hand silk-screened fabric designs reference Hawaiian culture and its people in his paintings, illustrations, and textiles.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 1/31/25
Thank you, Tory!
Rue_de_la_Paix
VFG Member
This will be the earliest Bes-Ben label in the resource. From a 1930's hat.
Added to the LR 2/01/25
Thank you, Barbara!
Added to the LR 2/01/25
Thank you, Barbara!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
Mango’s by Allan James
Holomū, c. 1991
Allan James, originally from Hawaiʻi Island, opened Hawaiian Heritage by Allan James in 1986. The label manufactured men’s and women’s aloha wear on Oʻahu, at a studio in Kalihi. The fabric used in the garments were designed with elements of Hawaiian culture, notably plants, lei, and Hawaiian quilts. Printed on solid-colored cotton-polyester blend fabric, the design often contained the designer’s signature. The dresses typically have details evoking late-19th-century styles with puffed sleeves, sleeve bands, yokes, and plackets. Covered buttons using a solid contrasting color fabric and dress hems usually ending with ruffles were also common design elements.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/05/25
Thank you, Tory!
Holomū, c. 1991
Allan James, originally from Hawaiʻi Island, opened Hawaiian Heritage by Allan James in 1986. The label manufactured men’s and women’s aloha wear on Oʻahu, at a studio in Kalihi. The fabric used in the garments were designed with elements of Hawaiian culture, notably plants, lei, and Hawaiian quilts. Printed on solid-colored cotton-polyester blend fabric, the design often contained the designer’s signature. The dresses typically have details evoking late-19th-century styles with puffed sleeves, sleeve bands, yokes, and plackets. Covered buttons using a solid contrasting color fabric and dress hems usually ending with ruffles were also common design elements.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/05/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
Kuonakakai by National Shirt Company
Waikīkī Surf Aloha Shirt, 1940s
National Clothing Co., located in downtown Honolulu on the corner of Bethel and Hotel Streets, carried the Kuonakakai label produced by the National Shirt Company. These shirts were marketed to visitors to Honolulu.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/06/25
Thank you, Tory!
Waikīkī Surf Aloha Shirt, 1940s
National Clothing Co., located in downtown Honolulu on the corner of Bethel and Hotel Streets, carried the Kuonakakai label produced by the National Shirt Company. These shirts were marketed to visitors to Honolulu.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/06/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
Nakeʻu Awai Designs
Pahu Sportcoat, 2002
Nakeʻu Awai Designs
Papālina Muʻumuʻu, 1990s
Regarded as the grandfather of Hawaiian fashion, Nakeʻu Awai held his first fashion show in 1974. His blend of classic aloha wear with bold, detailed designs, and modern silhouettes were created in his Kalihi shop and have been carried by local stores such as Carol & Mary and Liberty House.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/06/25
Thank you, Tory!
Pahu Sportcoat, 2002
Nakeʻu Awai Designs
Papālina Muʻumuʻu, 1990s
Regarded as the grandfather of Hawaiian fashion, Nakeʻu Awai held his first fashion show in 1974. His blend of classic aloha wear with bold, detailed designs, and modern silhouettes were created in his Kalihi shop and have been carried by local stores such as Carol & Mary and Liberty House.
-Tory Laitila
Added to the LR 2/06/25
Thank you, Tory!
Mr.Tory
VFG Member
The Kahala (for Bullock & Jones, San Francisco)
Japanese Print Men’s Aloha Shirt, late 1930s
Kahala
Island Traders Men’s Aloha Shirt, 1980s
Kahala for Burdine’s
Sunshine Fashion Canoe Men’s Aloha Shirt, early 1950s
The Kahala for Liberty House
Aloha Shirt, 1968
ADDED TO THE LR 2-7-25, THANKS MR.TORY!
Japanese Print Men’s Aloha Shirt, late 1930s
Kahala
Island Traders Men’s Aloha Shirt, 1980s
Kahala for Burdine’s
Sunshine Fashion Canoe Men’s Aloha Shirt, early 1950s
The Kahala for Liberty House
Aloha Shirt, 1968
ADDED TO THE LR 2-7-25, THANKS MR.TORY!
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