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Kauai Hawaii Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - Black Logo

Kauai Hawaii Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - Black Logo

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The Kauaʻi cap, for the island that is the Garden Isle. An unstructured cotton dad cap with the Kauaʻi vintage retro logo embroidered on the front in black thread.

The cap is the easiest Kauaʻi piece to wear every day and the easiest to give: one size, breathable cotton, a curved visor and an antique-brass buckle. It softens with wear and stays on the hook by the door. Order one for the beach bag and one for the glovebox.

An unstructured 6-panel dad cap with a low-profile fit and Permacurv visor, embroidered with our classic vintage-inspired finish. Breathable cotton, a self-fabric hideaway strap with antique-brass buckle, a matching undervisor, and four-row visor stitching for durability. All colors are 100% cotton; the camo variation is 65% polyester / 35% cotton. Embroidery uses thread rather than ink, so slight differences from the digital product image are normal; full details are in our Embroidery footer.

Kauaʻi is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands, about five million years old, its ridges eroded into the fluted cathedral cliffs of the Nā Pali Coast and the fourteen-mile red-and-green chasm of Waimea Canyon. Polynesians settled it more than a thousand years ago; Cook made his first Hawaiian landfall at Waimea Bay on January 20, 1778.

King Kaumualiʻi ceded the island peacefully to Kamehameha in 1810, the one island he never took by force; a Russian fort went up at Waimea in 1816, and Hawaiʻi’s first successful sugar plantation began at Kōloa in 1835. Mount Waiʻaleʻale at the center is among the rainiest places on Earth and feeds the taro valleys of Hanalei. The Garden Isle is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — KAUAʻI HI EMBROIDERED COTTON CAP

Town: Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi

Founded: Settled over a thousand years ago

Known for: The Garden Isle; the Nā Pali Coast; Waimea Canyon; the island Kamehameha never conquered

Art: Kauaʻi vintage retro logo, black (embroidered)

Blank: Unstructured 6-panel low-profile dad cap, Permacurv visor

Fabric: 100% cotton (camo variation 65% polyester / 35% cotton)

Decoration: Front embroidery, black thread; four-row visor stitching, matching undervisor

Closure: Self-fabric hideaway strap, antique-brass buckle

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Product FAQs

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.

How do I send a gift?

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.

More From Kauaʻi Hawaiʻi

All Kauaʻi Hawaiʻi Items

Our Kauaʻi logo carries the hibiscus and the "Hawaiian Kingdom — Est. 1795" banner, the shared retro emblem of our Hawaiʻi towns; 1795 marks the founding of the Kingdom under Kamehameha — the Kingdom's birthday, not Kauaʻi's, since the island famously joined later, by agreement, in 1810. Rendered in worn black-and-white, like an old travel decal or crate label, it ties Kauaʻi to every other Hawaiian place we make. The hibiscus is island bloom and pure aloha. What makes this one Kauaʻi is the story behind it — the Garden Isle, the canyon and the cliffs, and the island that was never conquered.

Roughly circular and about 552 square miles, Kauaʻi is the fourth-largest Hawaiian island and home to some 73,000 people, sitting at the northwest end of the main chain — far enough out that no road can circle it, since the Nā Pali cliffs see to that. Its summit, Kawaikini, rises above 5,200 feet near the rain-soaked center. Polynesian voyagers settled here more than a thousand years ago and built a society around the sea and the taro terrace; the Wailua river valley held one of the islands' great royal and sacred centers, a birthplace of chiefs, and Kauaʻi keeps its own folklore of the Menehune, the legendary builders said to have raised a stone ditch and fishpond that still stand today. Long before it was anyone's vacation, this was deeply settled, deeply storied Hawaiian ground.

Why People Visit Kauaʻi

People come to Kauaʻi for the oldest, greenest island in the chain and the quieter pace that comes with it. It rewards travelers who would rather hike a canyon rim or paddle a north-shore bay than chase a crowd — a place of waterfalls, taro valleys, and emerald cliffs, with a deep Hawaiian history and a slower, garden kind of aloha.

Kauaʻi Hawaii Merlin Classics retro logo — hibiscus and Hawaiian Kingdom Est. 1795