November Catalog - Winter 2023

Winter 2023

Footwear For The Island Lifestyle

Life on The Water’s Edge The connections found among people living at the water’s edge are endless, even when their homes are an ocean apart.

Whether it’s the uniquely located Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific or the misty, forested shores and bays of the Pacific Northwest, people are bonded in so many ways by water and the deep traditions of a lifestyle shaped by their coastlines.

At OluKai, we celebrate the active coastal lifestyle, the cultures it perpetuates, and all the relationships — from family to friends — fostered at the water’s edge. Our footwear is crafted to help you connect with others in these spaces, built to explore comfortably, in an array of terrains — and to find a sense of appreciation in doing so.

Anywhere Aloha

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Moloā Slipper Dark Wood $130 facing page:

Moku Pae Pavement $120

All-In-One Slippers for Him… Lined with soft genuine shearling

Crafted with weather-resistant waxed canvas

Hanohano NEW STYLE Husk $120

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Hanohano NEW STYLE Dark Shadow $120

…and Her Wrapped in plush, curly shearling Part slipper, part slide, all-day comfort

Durable rubber outsole for outdoor wear

Carry that cozy, cruising-by-the-fireplace feeling, even when you venture outside in our all-in-one slippers.

Uncompromisingly comfortable, crafted with soft shearlings and weather-resistant materials, these slippers were designed to support any lifestyle, whether that’s spent kicking it at home or stepping out and about. above, top to bottom:

Hila Heu NEW COLOR Muted Green $120 Hila Heu NEW COLOR Moonlit Ocean $120 right:

Hila Heu NEW COLOR Muted Green $120 facing page:

Hanohano NEW STYLE Dark Shadow $120

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Men’s Slippers

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Premium pebbled nubuck leather

Soft terry cloth lining for step-in comfort

Collapsible Drop-In Heel®

Men’s Slippers

Lightly insulated heathered jersey material

Slippers That Go Places We designed our collection of fully loaded slippers, crafted with premium leathers, genuine shearlings, and durable, grippy outsoles to escape the confines of home.

We encourage their flexibility. From morning coffee walks to impromptu picnics on the shore, our versatile slippers were built to give you the same comfort, warmth, and traction in the great outdoors as at home. above, top to bottom:

Kīpuka Hulu Toffee $130 Mahana Vapor $120 Moloā Slipper Dark Wood $130 Mahana EXCLUSIVE Black $120 right, top to bottom:

Moloā Slipper Toffee $130 Kīpuka Hulu Toffee $130 facing page:

Moloā Slipper Toffee $130

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The feel of sliding into a cozy throw blanket

Accented with premium full-grain leather

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Cold Weather Classics There’s getting warm, and then there’s getting cozy. Curling up with hot cocoa under a warm throw blanket — that’s cozy.

Our lineup of ultra-fluffy shearling slippers that surround every step with softness embodies that idea. Built for maximum comfort — couch to coffee run to surf check — this season’s collection of slippers is crafted with sturdy soles, so you can carry that coziness with you no matter where you go.

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Women’s Slippers

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Ku‘i NEW COLOR Fog $140 Ku‘i Tan $140 Pūpū Mua Tapa $130

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Crafted with soft nubuck leather

Women’s Slippers

Part slipper, part sandal, all-day comfort

Non-marking gum rubber outsole for venturing outdoors

Wrapped in fluffy, supple shearling

Cozy Season As the sun peeks through the dawn, you find warmth in some plush, sheepskin shearling slippers, grab a steamy mug, and greet the morning. Crafted with premium leathers, durable outsoles, and fluffy shearling, we captured that same feeling of coziness in our lineup of slippers and slipper sandals. Cold weather classics that keep it comfy-cozy — well beyond your morning cup.

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Nohea Slipper Pale Grey $130 Kīpe‘a Heu Storm $100 Nohea Slipper Cedarwood $130 Kīpe‘a Heu Black $100 facing page:

Nohea Slipper Cedarwood $130

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Weather-Ready Boots The forecast always reads fun in our handsome lineup of weather-ready, adventure-loving boots. Designed with waterproof leathers, warm quilted linings, waxed water-resistant canvases, and the kind of grip that prefers to roam off-trail. Our collection of boots is built for spontaneous spirits.

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Why Drop-In Heel?

Men’s Leather Shoes

Our signature Drop-In Heel® came straight from the Islands, a culture where you kick your shoes off at the door, a place where footwear is as easy and breezy as the lifestyle. This design feature, offered on most of our shoes, is a testament to that need for ease and versatility.

Our unique collapsible heel allows easy transitions between a shoe and a slide. You can effortlessly slide your foot in and out for relaxed moments or flip up the heel when you mean “business.” It’s a design that also makes it feel like you’ve got two shoes in one, which is a plus during these indoor-outdoor cooler months.

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Lae‘ahi Lauhala NEW COLOR Ash $165 facing page, center, top to bottom:

Kōheo NEW STYLE Golden Sand $160 Panepo‘o EXCLUSIVE Nori $180 Lae‘ahi Lī ‘Ili Bright White $140

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Men’s Shoes

Collapsible Drop-In Heel® Non-marking Wet Grip Rubber outsoles

Kōheo Hulu EXCLUSIVE Trench Blue $140

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Kōheo Hulu EXCLUSIVE Dusty Olive $140

Footbeds inspired by the feeling of barefeet sinking into wet sand

Built with weatherresistant canvas

Men’s Shoes

Made with blend of breathable mesh and suede

Everyday Exploration When a casual stroll turns a little wild, you need a stylish sneaker that can keep up with life’s detours. Our range of versatile, everyday classics, designed with weather-ready materials and built for all-day wear, offer you the right amount of action without making it look like you’re headed to the gym. top to bottom:

Pūnini Clay $140 Lae‘ahi Lī NEW COLOR Cooler Grey $140 Pūnini Black $140 facing page and right:

Kōheo Hulu EXCLUSIVE Dusty Olive $140

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Removable and washable footbeds

Men’s Shoes

Water-resistant and quick-drying materials

Collapsible Drop-In Heel®

Breath of Fresh Air

Lightweight and airy feel

Drawing from our island origins, we’ve always built shoes to thrive in various environments — mauka (mountains) to makai (ocean), and any terrain in between. Designed with breathable, engineered mesh, Wet Grip rubber, and our signature Drop-In-Heel® for easy, barefoot wear, our airy, water-ready sneakers always find traction, even when the surface turns to the sea. above, left to right:

Moku Pae NEW COLOR Clay $120 Moku Pae Pavement $120 right, top to bottom:

Mio Lī Hunter $130 Mio Lī NEW COLOR Navy $130 facing page:

Moku Pae Pavement $120

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Ultra-grippy soles

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Similar Strokes for Different Folks

by Beau Flemister

From Hawai‘i to the Pacific Northwest, coastal peoples touch (and are touched by) the ocean in profoundly varied yet connected ways.

One truly amazing thing about living near the ocean is that we’re often experiencing the natural world with the same sense of awe that so many people before us once did, often, in similar ways, even in places thousands of miles apart.

Some of that experience is sensory.

Hearing the otherworldly sound of a whale song beneath the surface. Watching the sight of endless ocean stretching toward the horizon. The taste of sea spray flinging from canoe paddles. Some of that experience is deeper, this way of life on the water offering its people more of a spiritual and cultural bond.

Whatever that experience might be, the ocean connects us inextricably.

This connection, both modern and ancient, can be seen in the lifestyles, cultural practices, and even marine life shared between the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Northwest. Both places and their indigenous peoples have a long history of canoe paddling and living off their coastal waters’ fishing supplies.

Even their respective relationships with whales have intertwined oral histories, not to mention, annual migratory path connections. The humpback whales breed in Hawai‘i each year — then travel up near the PNW to feed and raise their calves.

“There are Indigenous people throughout the Salish Sea who consider Southern Resident orcas their relations in the water,” says Leigh Ann Gilmer, regional

director with the SeaDoc Society on Orcas Island, WA, which works to heal the Salish Sea. “There’s still so much we can learn from them.”

Underwater, connections with these fascinating giants can be experienced similary, even off separate coastlines.

“The first time I heard whales, what really hit me was the sound,” recalls Alina Abramovich, a Hawai‘i island resident and conservationist for Hawai‘i’s Natural Resources Conservation Services.

“It’s hard to describe in words, it’s a lot more of a visceral feeling, but I feel like being around these animals that are so much bigger and so much more ancient than we are is just this really connecting and humbling experience.”

Speaking with two Indigenous men who paddle canoe recreationally and for sport, though from very different places, had unsurprisingly similar feelings to articulate…

“In our [Native Hawaiian] culture, the canoe is not a boat,” says Josiah Kalima-Padillio, an ocean guide from Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Island. “It has a spirit of its own, so we treat it as kūpuna or an elder. Whenever the paddle hits the water, it’s you creating that bond and that relationship with the ocean and all your surroundings.”

“So, to some, it might just look like we’re out on the water paddling a canoe, but for me, it’s building a relationship with the ocean, respecting my elder, and being in tune with my surroundings.”

“For me, paddling canoe is like a calmness or a stress reliever, an outlet,”

describes Joe Rodriguez, a fisheries biologist from Skagit Valley, WA, who paddles traditional war canoes and races outrigger canoes. “When we go on the war canoe, we’re taught that we paddle for the ones who can’t paddle. We pray while we’re on the canoe, and when we paddle, our prayers are probably the strongest that they can be.”

“Canoeing was a way of transportation for both Polynesians and Native Americans.

We paddled upriver or downriver and even across the bay to go visit our relatives.

The same with Polynesians. Sure, as time went on it gradually turned into racing, and Polynesians and Native Americans share that competitive bond. But I think more than a sport, paddling is a way of life.

For both our cultures, it’s about having that respect for the water, the spirit of the canoe, and the ones who are paddling it.”

In the end, the more connections uncovered on these coastlines and ways of life demonstrated by so many of the first peoples taking part in the waters off their shores, the “water’s edge,” so to speak, eventually blurs.

“In Hawai‘i, being a voyaging culture, it was never considered to be isolated off in this little place," says Rebekah Ke‘alohi Wang, a Native Hawaiian from Hawai‘i Island who works for the non-profit, Hui Ho‘oniho. “Rather than an ‘isolation,’ I feel like it was like, no, we’re actually connected through the ocean and through the ways that we move through the ocean.

“And that’s something not just people who live in Hawai‘i can experience, but people that live all over the world.”

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Cozy recycled sherpa paired with suede and vegan ripstop material

Breathable all-mesh upper

Women’s Shoes

Collapsible Drop-In Heel® for a plush mule wear

Removable and washable contoured footbeds

Stylish Staples When searching for the perfect everyday sneaker with enough bounce to keep up with your stride, a shoe built with lightweight, breathable materials is key…but so is a sense of fashion, right? Casually athletic with wear-all-day comfort, our everyday classics feature elevated style, catching looks wherever you walk with them. above, top to bottom:

Kīlea Heu EXCLUSIVE Pink Clay $130 Pehuea NEW COLOR Cloudy $100 Kīlea Heu NEW STYLE Tapa $130

Engineered mesh for true breathability

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Huia Pale Grey $130 Wailuku NEW COLOR Off White $130 Huia EXCLUSIVE Vintage Indigo $130 facing page:

Pehuea Lī NEW COLOR Mist Grey $100

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Soft leather that contours to your feet

Women’s Leather Shoes

Metallic stripe for instant sunshine

Crafted with full-grain leather Accented with soft pony hair

One Sneaker, Two Looks One sneaker, two moods. The flexible, full-grain leather Hā‘upu sneaker offers you all the comfort and cushion you need to step through the season — and in the nostalgic, old-school style you love. Hā‘upu’s feisty cohort, Hā‘upu Oho, takes the same form but in a limited-edition style accented with soft pony hair for an elevated take on this classic sneaker.

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Premium Leather at OluKai.com

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Hā‘upu White $140 Hā‘upu Oho EXCLUSIVE Black $130 Hā‘upu Oho EXCLUSIVE Warm Taupe $130 Hā‘upu Black $140 facing page:

Hā‘upu Oho EXCLUSIVE Black $130

Women’s Leather Shoes

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Cushy footbeds for all-day exploring

Collapsible Drop-In Heel®

Women’s Leather Shoes

Full-grain, two-tone leather

Elevate the Everyday Craft meets athleisure in our newest collection of relaxed yet refined leather sneakers, built for easy, all-day wear.

These best-in-class styles pair a sturdy sole with supple, full-grain leather that molds to your feet with each step, wherever those steps lead you. They’re also made from responsibly sourced tanneries that prioritize sustainability. top to bottom:

Kaulele EXCLUSIVE White $140 Pehuea Lī ‘Ili White $120 Kaulele EXCLUSIVE Cedarwood $140 facing page:

Kaulele EXCLUSIVE Cedarwood $140

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Women’s Boots

Style Through the Season The ideal boot should thrive in daily explorations and inclement weather; never be hindered by it. With that point of reference, we crafted this season’s brilliant range of waterproof, weather-ready, premium leather boots.

Stylish no matter the season — through passing showers or wet terrain — our shearling-lined boots keep you comfy and grounded on the journey ahead. top to bottom:

Hawai‘iloa Manu Hope EXCLUSIVE Chalk, Fox, Taupe Grey $160 Mālua Hulu Onyx $160 right:

Hawai‘iloa Manu Hope Taupe Grey $160

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for Him…

Men’s Shoes

Water-resistant, quick-drying materials

Squishy foam cushioning

Non-marking Wet Grip Rubber outsole

Brighten Up The Season When searching for the perfect everyday sneaker with enough bounce to keep up with your stride, a shoe built with lightweight, breathable materials is key.

Casually athletic with wear-all-day comfort, our everyday classics feature elevated style, catching looks at the café even after a morning’s walk. top to bottom:

Ulele NEW COLOR Tropic Blue $80 Maha NEW COLOR Cooler Grey $90 Lae‘ahi Pa‘i NEW COLOR Sunset Blue $120

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Fit inspired by feeling of bare feet in wet sand

…and Her Women’s Shoes

Engineered mesh for true breathability

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Puawe NEW COLOR Cloud Blue $75 Wailuku NEW COLOR Peach $130

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