The muumuu or mu?umu?u (Hawaiian pronunciation: ['mu?u'mu?u]) is a loose dress of Hawaiian origin that hangs from the shoulder. Like the aloha shirt, muumuu exports are often brilliantly colored with floral patterns of generic Polynesian motifs. Muumuus for local Hawaiian residents are more subdued in tone. Muumuus are no longer as widely worn at work as the aloha shirt, but continue to be the preferred formal dress for weddings and festivals such as the Merrie Monarch hula competition. Muumuus are also popular as maternity wear because they do not restrict the waist.
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Etymology and history
The word mu?umu?u means "cut off" in Hawaiian, because the dress originally lacked a yoke. Originally it was a shorter, informal version of the more formal holok?. Holok? was the original name for the Mother Hubbard dress introduced by Protestant missionaries to Hawaii in the 1820s. The holok? featured long sleeves and a floor-length unfitted dress falling from a high-necked yoke. Over the years, the holok? approximated more closely to European and American fashions. It might have a fitted waist, and even a train for evening. As the holok? became more elaborate, the muumuu, a shortened version, became popular for informal wear.
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References
External links
- Media related to Muumuu at Wikimedia Commons
- Housedress (muumuu), 1970s, in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
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