Nā Pūpū Aloha | Deep V Maxi Dress - yellow
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100% Organic gauzy cotton | Pockets | ʻĀina-friendly dyes & inks | Designed in Hawaiʻi | Made in the USA
Sewn from an all over print design, each piece is unique in its art placement, which will vary from what you see in the photos.
| Deep V-neck Maxi Dress | Lo'ihi | Uala |
| Back Length | Bicep | |
| XS | 54" | 13" |
| S | 55" | 14" |
| M | 56'' | 15" |
| L | 57'' | 16" |
| XL | 58'' | 16" |
| 2X | 59'' | 16" |
Model is wearing a size medium.
Nā Pūpū Aloha
Ma ka pō ʻo Kāne i hoʻāo ai ʻo Kaʻōhaiʻula lāua me Makanikeoe. Aia nō lākou i ke kahua o Pākaʻalana a ua lako ʻē ka hale i nā ʻano mea ʻai like ʻole, “he lālau wale aʻe nō ka lima, ua loaʻa”. I ka pau ʻana o ka ʻaha hoʻāo, ua ʻaumakua ʻia ʻo Makanikeoe ʻo ia ka mea nāna e leʻaleʻa mai ia pō nui, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻē ʻia ka hula ʻana o nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua. Kū aʻela ʻo Makanikeoe a puana aʻela i kāna mele e kāhea ana i nā ʻaumākua o ka uka a me ke kai. ʻO Hinauluʻōhiʻa lāua ʻo Pūlolenaʻula kekahi o nā mea āna i kāhea ai. I loa nō a kuʻu iho kēia mele, hoʻouna mai ʻo Hinauluʻōhiʻa iā Kahalei me nā pua like ʻole o ka nahele a me nā kūpeʻe wāwae niho ʻīlio i mau lako hula no Makanikeoe. Hoʻomau ʻo Moke Manu i ka wehewehe ʻana: “Iā Kahalei e liuliu ana i nā pono hula no Makanikeoe, ua hōʻea maila ka Pūlolenaʻula me kona mau hoa pūpū like ʻole o ke kai, a na lākou nō i lele aku a kau ana i nā pūlima o ua Mananikeoe nei, a ke hōʻike maila kona kūlana hula maoli.” Hoʻomaka ihola nā leo o nā pūpū e kani nui aʻe ʻoiai lākou e leʻaleʻa pū ana me Makanikeoe, “…ma ke ʻano ʻo lākou nō nā hoʻopaʻa, a ke lilo lā nā alakaʻi ʻana o nā haneri pūpū a pau i ka pūpū nui. Aia hoʻi nā pūpū ke neʻe nei i mua, i hope me he mau mea kino kanaka lā ke ʻano ke nānā aku. Aia ma nā ʻoni ʻana a pau a Makanikeoe me nā kaʻina a kona mau kapuaʻi me ke kuhi ʻana a kona mau lima, ʻo nā pūpū pū nō kekahi me ka lele ʻana i ʻō, i ʻaneʻi, a he mau leo like ʻole ko lākou ma ke kani ʻana.” (Ka Moʻolelo o Laukaʻieʻie, Moke Manu, Ka Leo o ka Lahui, 18 April 1894)
Gems of the sea, shells are some of nature’s most incredible creations. Every coast inhabited by humans has among them shell gatherers who comb the beaches and dive the nearshore areas in constant pursuit of these precious ocean treasures. Most cultures across the world love and use shells in a variety of ways. In Hawaiʻi, shells were a source of food, adornments, tools, and medicine. But shell populations have suffered great decline in these last several decades from over-collecting. Leaving live shells in place and taking only empty homes is critical to maintaining the health of Hawaiʻi’s remaining shell communities. There are more than 1,300 species of shells that occur in Hawaiʻi and 21% of those are endemic. Here we featured some of our favorite indigenous and endemic shell species: Bullina lineata (lined bubble shell), Nassarius papillosus (pimpled basket), Mitra papalis (papal miter), two species of Cypraea (leho), as well as Fusinus sandvichensis and F. mauiensis (Hawaiian spindles, both endemic). Most shell species live either in the sand, under rocks, or in protected pockets in the reef. The species in this design feed on marine worms and detritus (ʻōpala). Many creatures of the reef are associated with different forms of Hina, such as Hinahulikoʻa and Hinaʻōpūhalakoʻa. In the story of Laukaʻieʻie, Moses Manu also speaks of Pūlolenaʻula, who brings the shells of the ocean to land and they leap upon the wrists of Makanikeoe, adorning him for his hula performance on his “wedding night”.
