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Carmel California Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

Carmel California Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

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The Carmel-by-the-Sea baby bodysuit, for the town that has no streetlights, no house numbers and a hundred years of artists. Soft fine jersey with the Carmel-by-the-Sea vintage retro logo on the front in black, newborn to 24 months.

This is the new-baby gift from the hometown: light, soft, with a snap crotch that makes changes easy and a logo the parents will photograph. Order it as soon as the news arrives; it is the Carmel-by-the-Sea piece most often bought for someone else.

Our unisex infant bodysuit pairs light 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) fine jersey with ribbed binding, side seams, and a secure snap crotch for easy changes. It's soft and breathable, in 100% combed ringspun cotton for solid colors and a cotton–polyester blend for heather shades.

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 BABY BODYSUIT

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, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex infant bodysuit, ribbed binding, side seams, snap crotch

Fabric: 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) fine jersey; solids 100% combed ringspun cotton, heathers cotton–polyester

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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.

What’s with the storybook cottages of Carmel-by-the-Sea? They began in 1924 when Hugh Comstock built a fairytale playhouse for his wife's dolls, and the village decided it wanted to live that way. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California is a one-square-mile village under the Monterey pines at the south end of Monterey Bay — a "village in a forest overlooking a white sand beach," in the words of its own founders — with no streetlights, no sidewalks past the shops, and, for its first hundred and ten years, no street addresses at all. The cottages with the rolled eaves and the leaning chimneys are the visible part. The invisible part is a 1929 ordinance that made every one of those choices deliberate, and a founding generation of poets and painters who wrote it.

Why People Visit Carmel-by-the-Sea

  • Relax on Carmel Beach, a broad crescent of pale sand backed by wind-flattened Monterey cypress and famous sunset silhouettes.
  • Stretch farther south along Carmel River State Beach to where the Carmel River meets the Pacific — a quieter dog-friendly stretch with bird-watching at the lagoon.
  • Explore Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, with granite coves, sea lions, otters, and easy trails above turquoise water.
  • Find the Comstock storybook cottages — Hansel, Gretel, and the Tuck Box — on a self-guided fairytale walk through the village lanes.
  • Tour the Carmel Mission Basilica (Mission San Carlos Borromeo), with its basilica, museum rooms, and gardens set within sandstone and adobe walls.
  • Visit Tor House and Hawk Tower at Carmel Point, the hand-built stone home of poet Robinson Jeffers, open for docent-led tours.
  • Browse Ocean Avenue's courtyards, galleries, and flower-lined passages, then walk Scenic Road along the cliffs above the surf.

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