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Carmel California Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

Carmel California Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The Carmel-by-the-Sea tank, for the town that has no streetlights, no house numbers and a hundred years of artists. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Carmel-by-the-Sea vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Carmel-by-the-Sea piece: light enough for the trail, the boat and the porch, cut in a retail unisex fit that runs true to size. Order it before the warm weather does the deciding for you.

Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton gives this lightweight unisex tank its soft jersey feel. The retail fit runs true to size for adults, with side-seam construction, self-fabric binding, and a tear-away label. Solid colors are 100% cotton and select heather/prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

Mission San Carlos Borromeo was founded in 1771 and holds Junípero Serra’s grave. The Carmel Development Company founded the art colony in 1902, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake sent the bohemians south, by 1910 about sixty percent of the houses had been built by artists, and the village incorporated on October 31, 1916.

Hugh Comstock’s storybook cottages of the 1920s gave the one-square-mile village its fairytale look, Robinson Jeffers built Tor House by hand from 1918, and the white-sand beach is fringed with wind-bent cypress, with Point Lobos just south. No streetlights, no house numbers, no mail delivery: that village is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA CA COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Founded: 1902; incorporated Oct 31, 1916

Known for: A one-square-mile fairytale village; the Comstock storybook cottages; the 1771 Carmel Mission; Carmel Beach and its cypress

Art: Carmel-by-the-Sea vintage retro logo, white (printed)

Blank: Unisex jersey tank, retail fit, side-seamed, self-fabric binding

Fabric: Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton; solids 100% cotton, heather/prism shades blended

Label: Tear-away

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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How does your sizing work?

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.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

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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Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

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Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

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.

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Today the square mile holds galleries where the studios were, tea rooms in Comstock's cottages, and a beach where the dogs run off-leash at sunset — a village that chose the trees over the pavement, the post office over the mailbox, and a permit over a ban, and wrote every choice down.

The village kept refusing the ordinary. For a hundred and ten years exactly one building in Carmel-by-the-Sea had a street address — the post office — and everyone else lived by description: the color of the door, the cypress on the corner, "Carmelo, 6 NE of 4th." The founders rejected door-to-door delivery as too citified, so every resident got a free post office box, and the daily walk to collect the mail became the town square. Residents have argued over house numbers since at least 1925; when California proposed requiring addresses in 1953, the village threatened to secede from the state. The modern world kept knocking — delivery drivers circling the pines, banks and Medicare forms rejecting P.O. boxes — and in October 2025 the council voted 5–0 to adopt a standard address system, with numbers drafted for every building and final approval still working through the county and the Postal Service. The house names stay on the gateposts, and the walk to the post office continues.

Why People Visit Carmel-by-the-Sea

Carmel offers artful streets beside a protected coast. Visitors come for the storybook architecture, the mission, the coastal reserves, and the simple pleasure of strolling a walkable, dog-friendly village. It is refined, peaceful, and endlessly photogenic, with a year-round mild climate. History and everyday village culture sit side by side here in a way few towns can match.

Carmel-by-the-Sea California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring California bear and star motif and 1850 statehood reference