Dress & Drinks: Bishop Museum | Conversations on Dress | Costume Society of America

Dress & Drinks: Hawaiʻi and Pacific Cultural Resources at Bishop Museum | Conversations on Dress | Costume Society of America Join us as we speak with Sarah Kuaiwa, Curator for Hawaiʻi and Pacific Cultural Resources at Bishop Museum. She is a historian, art historian, and genealogist from Waimalu, Oʻahu. Kuaiwa specializes in 19th-century Hawaiian History. She is a PhD student at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. Her dissertation looks at creativity in kapa production in the early Hawaiian Kingdom (1810–50). Kuaiwa completed her BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Occidental College and her MA in History from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Did you enjoy this video? Please consider supporting our mission and our free webinar series by visiting our website to make a contribution: www.costumesocietyamerica.com. Our cocktail for the evening: Blue Hawaiian While the Mai Tai is often cited as the most popular cocktail of Hawaii, it’s unknown whether this drink actually originated in Hawaii. The Blue Hawaiian, on the other hand, was invented by bartender Harry Yee, who was born and raised in Honolulu (home of the Bishop Museum)! Read all about the origin story of the cocktail here. Ingredients: 1 cup crushed ice 3 ounces pineapple juice 2 ounces white rum 1 ounce vodka 1 ounce blue curaçao liquor 1 ounce coconut cream Maraschino cherry or pineapple for garnish Add crushed ice,