Denim done right: 4.5 oz weight - washed chambray - light and soft but strong, for Hawai'i wear. Dyed - sage color 100% Organic Cotton | Denim | 4.5 oz weight | Embroidered detail | Adjustable straps | Coconut buttons | Pockets | ʻĀina-friendly dye methods | Designed in Hawaiʻi nei | Made in the USA Ae'o Romper 'Umauma Kīkala Lō'ihi Humuna o loko Pāʻūohiʻiaka Chest Hips Back length Inseam XS 33" 35" 23.5" 3.25" S 34" 37" 23.5" 3.5" M 37" 39" 23.5" 3.5" L 38" 41" 24" 3.5" XL 41" 43" 24" 3.75" 2XL 45" 46" 25" 3.75" Model is wearing a size L. Second Model is wearing a size XS. Pāʻūohiʻiaka I ko Pele hoʻoholo ʻana e hoʻouna iā Hiʻiaka i ka huakaʻi kiʻi kāne, ua ʻike leʻa ʻo ia e pono ana kona kaikaina i ke kōkua a me ka mana. ʻO ia ke kumu i hāʻawi ʻia aku ai he pāʻū hou. Penei ko Pele wehewehe ʻana: “A ‘o kō pāʻū auane‘i e hele aku ai, e lilo ana ia i mea e kuailo mau ‘ia ai e nā hanauna kanaka o Hawai‘i nei, ka pā‘ū o Hi‘iaka. ‘O ka ‘aha, a i ‘ole, ‘o ka lawalawa kākua pūhaka o kō pā‘ū, ‘o ia ka pā‘ūohi‘iaka.” I ke ao ʻana aʻe, kēnā akula ʻo Pele i nā kaikaina a me nā kahu e lawe mai i nā ʻope pāʻū a lākou. Ua kohu ka pāʻū o Pāʻūopalaʻā, a mea akula ʻo Pele iā ia: “Ua maika‘i kō pā‘ū, a eia ka mea i koe, ‘o kēlā kaula ho‘oholo e kākua ‘ia i ka pūhaka o ke ali‘i, e wehe a‘e ‘oe i ia kaula, a e ‘ōkomo iho ‘oe iā Kahihikolo, ‘o ia ka nāki‘i o ka pāʻū o kō hānai. A ma muli auane‘i o ka pili ‘ana o ia mea i ka pūhaka o kō ali‘i, e kapa ‘ia ai ia he pāʻūohi‘iaka. ‘O ka pala‘ā nō ho‘i āu i hana ai a pūnonohu a puni ke alo, nā ‘ao‘ao, a me hope o ke ali‘i, ‘o ia nō kona pāʻū. ‘O ka pāʻū kā ho‘i kēnā, puni nā moku i kō ali‘i, ‘a‘ohe kupua nāna e mākaha ke ali‘i, ‘a‘ohe ho‘i ‘alae nāna e ke‘u. I ke ehu nō o kona pāʻū, hulihia ke au, ka papa honua o nā moku, hulihia i ka unu ko‘ako‘a a Kū. ‘O ka lau, ‘o kini, ‘o ka mano, a me ka lehu o ka mo‘o e ‘a‘ano mai ana i ke ali‘i nei lā, e lilo ana lākou i mea ‘ole i ka ‘ehu pāʻū nei o ke ali‘i.” I ia wā, hahau maila ʻo Pele i ka pule e kāhea ana i kona kaikunāne, iā Kauilanuimaka‘ehaikalani no ka pāʻū o ke kaikaina, a hoʻopili ʻia aku ka mana o Kaʻulaokeahi. Pēlā nō i mana ai ka pāʻū uila o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele. Species that are some of the first to grow on barren lava have to be hearty and drought tolerant. Pāʻūohiʻiaka (Jacquemontia ovalifolia, subsp. sandwicensis) is one such plant. This endemic plant is a coastal dwelling herbaceous vine found on all the islands. The fine hairs on its leaves help to retain moisture in the harsh, high exposure environments it calls home. It’s very ʻauliʻi (dainty and cute) with its small oval leaves and star-shaped pale blue to white flowers. The shape and color of these delicate blossoms is like that of its cousins, the ʻuala and the koali (fellow members of the family Convolvulaceae). Hawaiians made medicine from the leaves and stems of this plant to treat thrush in babies. It can form dense mats that cover large areas. This made it the perfect plant to grow over young Hiʻiaka and protect her from the sun as she slept on the beach while her older sister, Pele, was out surfing (or fishing, as per one version). This is why its name translates to "skirt of Hiʻiaka" (also kākuaohiʻiaka and kaupoʻo). Later, Pele also selected this plant as the binding cord for a pāʻū that she gifted Hiʻiaka when she sent her on the journey to fetch her lover, Lohiʻau, on Kauaʻi. After tying Hiʻiaka’s skirt on snug, Pele called on her brother Kauilanui-maka‘ehaikalani to imbue the skirt with the power of lighting. The foes who crossed Hiʻiaka’s path were no match for the mana of her palekoki uila (lightning skirt). Ka lawalawa kākua o ka pāʻū o ke aliʻi - The binding cord of the chiefess’ skirt.
