Grass skirt fire prank proves fatal. WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A New Zealand man who set fire to his colleague's fancy dress costume and killed him has been jailed for two years.

From that point on, the grass skirt became a stereotypical representation of Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and the hypersexualization of Pacific Islander women by sailors and the media.

The origins of this mysterious photo of an 18-year-old Conan O'Brien wearing a grass skirt and posing with a boy in a dress have been revealed. It came from Harvard — of course. When I posted ...

A stag party, dressed in Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts, became unlikely heroes after they spotted a car blocking the road and decided to step in. Despite their skimpy outfits they went on to ...

U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.

Photo by Vivian Paulter FRANKLIN TWP. — Dressed for success — in Hawaii perhaps — is Franklin Township School art teacher Jason Farnsworth, winner of the PTA’s grass skirt contest.

THIS IS the hilarious moment a grass-skirt wearing stag party became heroes by listing up a car that was blocking the road. The amazing clip depicts the group in a mix of Hawaiian t-shirts and skim… ...

Expedia is promoting its ‘pay now or pay later’ policy with an ad featuring a middle-aged man dancing in a grass skirt while on holiday in Polynesia.The ad slowly pans up the mans skirt with ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 30, arrived on the tiny, remote island on Tuesday, where they were transported from the airport on thrones carried by men wearing grass skirts.

From that point on, the grass skirt became a stereotypical representation of Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and the hypersexualization of Pacific Islander women by sailors and the media.