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Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Premium Crewneck Sweatshirt - White Logo

Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Premium Crewneck Sweatshirt - White Logo

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The Molokaʻi premium crewneck, for the island that is the Friendly Isle. A 9.9 oz cotton-rich sweatshirt with a smooth face and the Molokaʻi vintage retro logo on the chest in white.

This is the softer, heavier of our two Molokaʻi crewnecks, the one that becomes the three-days-a-week sweatshirt from October on. Smooth face, rich print, no scratchy tag. If you want the sweatshirt that feels like a favorite on day one, this is it; order now for cold weather and holiday giving.

The soft cotton crewneck you reach for first. A medium-heavy 9.9 oz blend of 80% cotton and 20% polyester feels substantial without weighing you down, with a true-to-size unisex fit. Ribbed-knit cuffs and collar, reinforced side seams, and twill neck tape keep it crisp through the wash, the smooth cotton-rich surface shows our retro artwork in rich detail, and a tear-away label means all-day comfort with no scratchy tag. Machine washable, ethically printed on demand.

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 PREMIUM CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT

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, white (printed)

Blank: Unisex premium crewneck sweatshirt, true-to-size fit

Fabric: 80% cotton / 20% polyester, 9.9 oz

Details: Ribbed-knit cuffs and collar, reinforced side seams, twill neck tape, tear-away label

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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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.

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.

It is also, by long tradition, the birthplace of hula. At Kaʻana, in the island's west, Hawaiians hold that the goddess Laka first danced and first taught the sacred art, and from Molokaʻi hula spread to the rest of the archipelago. Each year practitioners return to honor that origin, and the island guards the tradition as something living and sacred rather than a show. To dance, to chant, to carry the old stories forward — on Molokaʻi these are not relics but daily inheritance, named here with respect.

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