David Shepard Hawaiʻi is a Hawaiian wear design company featuring hand-drawn, realistic fabric art of native flora and fauna. David Shepard's drawings and designs are a further extension of his mission of conservation through aloha ’āina. As an M.S. Horticulture alumnus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, his work at Limahuli Garden, Kalaupapa National Park, and Lyon Arboretum all contributed to the stories of his fabrics.

Printed onto natural fiber fabrics, Shepard's art forms the basis for sustainable and meaningful clothing. Each Hawaiʻi designer art print for fabric has a story behind it that highlights native Hawaiian plants and animals and the people and organizations that care for them. Many of the plants featured are found nowhere else in the world.

The clothing tells the stories visually on fabric and literally on tags. By donating a percentage of proceeds to Hawaiʻi conservation organizations every year, David Shepard Hawaiʻi commits itself to slow fashion that supports the local environment.

In addition to empowering and giving voice to conservation efforts and kokua throughout Hawai’i, a portion of profits goes back to the organizations featured. With a place-based, mission-driven approach, fashion can become a platform for conservation on these islands with a voice that transcends and touches people into action far beyond this one place.