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Maui Hawaii Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Maui Hawaii Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Maui, Hawaii logo, printed in weathered charcoal on a retro vintage washed cap — an unstructured cotton dad hat that looks broken in from the day it arrives. The charcoal carries a faint wavering tone and a light speckle, so the print reads like it has been in the sun as long as the cap has.

One size fits most, so it is an easy gift to get right: no size to guess, only the town. Each cap is made to order. Hand wash cold and air dry, and keep it out of the dryer.

Maui is two volcanoes joined by a green isthmus: Haleakalā, the House of the Sun, rising about 10,023 feet on the east, and the older West Maui Mountains with ʻĪao Valley and the ʻĪao Needle on the west. Polynesian voyagers settled it more than a thousand years ago, Kamehameha took it at Kepaniwai in 1790, and Lahaina was the royal capital from about 1802 to 1845.

The whaling and missionary era of the 1820s to 60s gave way to sugar and pineapple, and the Road to Hāna still winds past waterfalls and sea cliffs to the windward coast. Kāʻanapali and Wailea hold the golden beaches, Waiʻānapanapa the black sand. The Valley Isle is the mark on this piece.

The cap is 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed and heavily brushed for a soft hand, with an unstructured six-panel crown, a mid-profile fit and a curved bill. A self-fabric strapback with a metal slider adjusts the fit and tucks away, and a self-fabric sweatband lines the inside. It is garment dyed with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes, so every cap's color varies slightly — washed here means faded color and a weathered print, not distressed or frayed.


QUICK FACTS — MAUI HI WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Maui, Hawaiʻi

Founded: Settled over a thousand years ago

Known for: The Valley Isle; Haleakalā and the West Maui Mountains; the Road to Hāna; Lahaina, the former royal capital

Art: Maui vintage retro logo, charcoal (printed)

Blank: unstructured six-panel cap, mid profile, curved bill, metal slider

Fabric: 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed, garment dyed

Care: hand wash cold, air dry

Colors: 10 offered

Sizes: Adjustable

Made to order in the USA



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How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

In the late eighteenth century the island became a center of the wars that would unite the archipelago. In 1790, at the Battle of Kepaniwai in ʻĪao Valley, the forces of Kamehameha I defeated Maui's defenders in a battle so costly that its name remembers the dead. Kamehameha went on to unify the Hawaiian Islands under a single kingdom, and Maui sat near the heart of the new realm. It is a history Hawaiians tell with care: a story of their own rulers and their own land, not a footnote to someone else's arrival.

For a time Maui was the seat of that kingdom. Lahaina, on the island's west shore, served as the royal capital of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1820 until 1845, when the seat of government moved to Honolulu. In those decades it was also one of the busiest whaling ports in the Pacific, where hundreds of ships wintered and a missionary community took root. Much of that historic town has since been lost, and Maui remembers Lahaina's royal and maritime past as a tender part of the island's story — the place where, for a generation, the Hawaiian kingdom kept its court.

Why People Visit Maui

Maui draws visitors for its landscape and its depth — a sacred volcanic summit, a rainforest coast road, a green valley behind the harbor towns, and the Pacific where humpbacks winter — all carried by a living Native Hawaiian culture. People come for Haleakalā, the Road to Hāna, and the beaches, and stay for the quiet of upcountry and the sense of a place with a long memory. It is scenic, storied, and unmistakably Hawaiian.

Maui Hawaii Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Hawaiian hibiscus and 1795