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Every beginning starts in the dark.
In the Hawaiian understanding of creation, all things rise from Pō: the deep night, the origin, the unseen source. From Pō they unfold into Ao, the light of day, the world made visible. It is a movement Scripture opens with too: darkness over the face of the deep, and then, the moment. “Let there be light.” (Kinohi · Genesis 1). Two ways of telling one truth: creation moves out of darkness into light, from source into life.
The Shorts carry that whole passage. The Lōkahi mark holds three points as one: Ke Akua, ʻāina, kānaka. It is not stamped once but sublimated across the entire cloth, an all-over geometry that surrounds the wearer on every side. The mark is everywhere because the becoming is everywhere: we are always being drawn out of the dark and into the light. The ʻUhane wordmark rests at the left leg.
DETAILS
Fabric 100% quick-dry polyester mesh
Fit Mid thigh, 7-inch inseam
Drawstring Outside drawstring, long, metal tipped
Pockets Two front zipper pockets, one back pocket (right)
SIZE GUIDE
XS Waist 27–31 in · Outseam 16.5 in
S Waist 29–33 in · Outseam 17 in
M Waist 31–35 in · Outseam 17.5 in
L Waist 33–37 in · Outseam 18 in
XL Waist 35–39 in · Outseam 18.5 in
XXL Waist 37–41 in · Outseam 19 in
Inseam 7 in, all sizes
COLORWAYS
Pō Charcoal · Dark Prism. Night, darkness, origin. Where it begins: the deep, the source, the first stillness before the first light.
Ao Stone · Light Prism. Day, light, the world. Where it goes: creation made visible, life stepping into the morning.
“A i noho kākou ma ko ka ʻUhane, e hele hoʻi kākou ma ko ka ʻUhane.”
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.”
GALATIA 5:25 · KA BAIBALA HEMOLELE, 1839