• Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo, White, Black Logo, Merlin Classics
  • Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo, Sport Grey, Black Logo, Merlin Classics
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Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - Black Logo

Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - Black Logo

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The Molokaʻi polo, for the island that is the Friendly Isle. Soft ring-spun cotton pique with the Molokaʻi vintage retro logo embroidered on the chest in black thread: hometown pride that passes at the office.

Choose the polo when a t-shirt is too casual and a logo too loud: the embroidered crest reads as a club mark, so it works for golf, a summer dinner or a workday. It is the Molokaʻi gift for fathers, grooms and anyone who already owns too many tees.

A polo that works for the office, the course, or the weekend: soft 100% ring-spun cotton pique (~5.2 oz/yd²) in a clean, semi-fitted, side-seamed cut, with a 2-button placket, dyed-to-match buttons, and our vintage-retro logo embroidered on the chest. The breathable, lightweight fabric is comfortable in warm weather and carries advanced fabric certification. Care: machine wash cold (gentle), tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron decoration, no dry clean. Embroidery is thread, not ink, so slight differences from the digital product image are normal — full details in our Embroidery footer.

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 EMBROIDERED COTTON POLO

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 (embroidered)

Blank: Semi-fitted pique polo, side-seamed, 2-button placket

Fabric: 100% ring-spun cotton, ~5.2 oz/yd²

Decoration: Chest embroidery, black thread

Care: Machine wash cold (gentle), tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron decoration

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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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.

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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.

Our Molokaʻi logo carries the Hawaiian hibiscus over "Hawaiian Kingdom · Est. 1795," the shared emblem of every Merlin Classics Hawaiʻi place, marking the 1795 unification of the islands under Kamehameha. Printed in clean retro black-and-white like an old crate label, the hibiscus stands for the islands as a whole; what makes this one Molokaʻi is everything around it — the taro loʻi and the south-shore fishponds, the tallest cliffs in the world, the outrigger crews who cross the channel each fall, and the deep quiet of an island that chose to stay itself.

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