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Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - Black Logo

Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - Black Logo

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The Molokaʻi tank, for the island that is the Friendly Isle. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Molokaʻi vintage retro logo on the chest in black, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Molokaʻi piece: light enough for the trail, the boat and the porch, cut in a retail unisex fit that runs true to size. Order it before the warm weather does the deciding for you.

This unisex jersey tank is made from lightweight Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton with a retail fit, side-seam construction, self-fabric binding, and a tear-away label. It runs true to size for adults. Solid colors are 100% cotton; select heather/prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

Molokaʻi is the most Hawaiian of the islands, where ancient traditions remain everyday life and the community has long chosen to keep development and crowds away. Hālawa Valley is among the oldest settlements in Hawaiʻi, some sixty ancient rock-wall fishponds line the south shore, and the island is honored as the birthplace of hula at Kaʻana.

Kamehameha V kept a retreat at Kaunakakai and planted the Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove in the 1860s, Kaunakakai’s plantation-era Main Street still serves the island, and the north coast rises into the tallest sea cliffs in the world above the Kalaupapa Peninsula, where Father Damien served from 1873. Old Hawaiʻi beneath the cliffs is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — MOLOKAʻI HI COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi

Founded: Settled well over a thousand years ago

Known for: The Friendly Isle; birthplace of hula; sixty ancient fishponds; the world’s tallest sea cliffs

Art: Molokaʻi vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex jersey tank, retail fit, side-seamed, self-fabric binding

Fabric: Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton; solids 100% cotton, heather/prism shades blended

Label: Tear-away

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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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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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.

Below the great north cliffs lies a place of profound and solemn memory: the isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula. From 1866, under Kingdom law, people diagnosed with Hansen's disease were exiled there, cut off by the sea and the cliffs; over the following century more than eight thousand, most of them Native Hawaiians, were taken from their families and sent to Kalaupapa. In 1873 a Belgian priest, Father Damien, came to live among them and care for them, and he remained until the disease claimed his own life in 1889; Mother Marianne Cope carried the work on. Both were later canonized. Forced isolation ended in 1969, and a few residents chose to stay in the only home they had known. Today Kalaupapa is a national historical park and a living memorial — a story held with reverence, never for sale.

Each October that channel comes alive for the Molokaʻi Hoe, when outrigger canoes launch from the island's west end and paddle the treacherous Kaiwi Channel all the way to Oʻahu — a world-championship race that began in 1952 and keeps a seafaring tradition older than memory. The rest of the year the island simply goes on being itself: rural, unhurried, fiercely proud, the most Hawaiian place in Hawaiʻi. Our Molokaʻi designs gather that spirit into wearable form. Molokaʻi — the Friendly Isle, where old Hawaiʻi still lives beneath the tallest cliffs in the world.

Why People Visit Molokaʻi

Molokaʻi offers the rarest thing in Hawaiʻi: an island that is still genuinely itself. It pairs deep living culture — hula's birthplace, the fishponds, the homestead lands — with dramatic, near-empty coast and a pace the rest of the islands lost long ago. Quiet, rural, and proud, it is made for travelers who want the real Hawaiʻi and are willing to meet it on its own terms.

Molokaʻi Hawaiʻi Merlin Classics retro vintage logo — Hawaiian hibiscus, Hawaiian Kingdom Est. 1795