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Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Crewneck Sweatshirt - Black Logo

Molokai Hawaii Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Crewneck Sweatshirt - Black Logo

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The Molokaʻi heavy crewneck, for the island that is the Friendly Isle. A classic 50/50 fleece sweatshirt with the Molokaʻi vintage retro logo on the chest in black: the plain, durable one.

Choose this crewneck for durability and price: classic fit, ribbed collar and cuffs, a fleece that shrugs off years of washing. It is the Molokaʻi sweatshirt to buy in twos, one for home and one for the person who grew up there, and it ships free in the U.S.

This heavy crewneck sweatshirt is cut in a classic unisex fit from medium-heavy fleece, with a ribbed collar, cuffs & waistband, double-needle seams, and a tear-away label. The design is DTG-printed. Fabric is a standard 8.0 oz 50% cotton/50% polyester (Heather Sport colors 60/40). White may appear off-white; the Orange hue may vary.

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 HEAVY 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, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex heavy crewneck sweatshirt, classic fit

Fabric: 8.0 oz 50% cotton / 50% polyester; Heather Sport 60/40

Details: Ribbed collar, cuffs and waistband; double-needle seams; tear-away label; DTG print

Made to order in the USA


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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.

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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.

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.

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