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Darien Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - White Logo

Darien Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - White Logo

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The Darien hoodie, for the town that the Boston Post Road built. A medium-heavy cotton pullover with the Darien vintage retro logo across the chest in white, made to be worn from the first cold morning to the last.

If you are buying one Darien piece, this is the one that gets worn most: warm enough for the sideline, the dock and the drive home, and the hoodie that gets borrowed and never returned. It is the gift for the one who moved away from Darien, and the one that arrives in time for the holidays if you order now.

Unisex pullover hoodie made from a medium-heavy fleece for warmth and durability. Regular fit with a three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, and double-needle stitching at key seams; tear-away label. Runs true to size for adults. Fabric is 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heather colors may use cotton–poly blends.

Darien was settled in 1641 as the Middlesex Parish of Stamford, raided by Tories in 1781, and incorporated under its own name in 1820. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church dates to 1742 and the Bates-Scofield House to about 1736, both on or near the Boston Post Road that gave the parish its reason to exist.

The New York and New Haven Railroad arrived in 1848 and turned the shoreline town into a commuter coast; the Tokeneke Association followed in 1899 and the Noroton Heights estates soon after. Pear Tree Point, Weed Beach and the Five Mile River edge it on the Sound. The mark on this piece is that Post Road shoreline.


QUICK FACTS — DARIEN CT HEAVY COTTON HOODIE

Town: Darien, Connecticut

Founded: Settled 1641; incorporated 1820

Known for: The Boston Post Road; Tokeneke and Noroton; the 1742 St. Luke’s Church; a commuter coast since 1848

Art: Darien vintage retro logo, white (printed)

Blank: Unisex pullover hoodie, medium-heavy fleece, regular fit

Fabric: 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heathers cotton–poly

Details: Three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, tear-away label

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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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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The town's name came from a sailor: at the 1820 incorporation the residents couldn't agree, and a local seaman just back from Darién, Panama suggested the name that stuck.

The parish became a town the slow way. Middlesex Parish farmed and fished its stretch of coast under Stamford's wing for eighty years, rebuilt itself after the Revolution, and in 1820 — with Thaddeus Bell steering the separation through — incorporated on its own, taking the sailor's Panama name. The 1848 railroad then rewrote everything the Post Road had built: farms along the Sound became summer estates, the Gilded Age arrived by timetable, and in 1864 the merchant-philanthropist Benjamin Fitch gave the town a national first, founding Fitch's Home for Soldiers in Noroton Heights for the disabled veterans of the Civil War — the first home of its kind in the country. (Spell it "Darian" and the New Haven line will still stop there all the same.)

Why People Visit Darien Connecticut

Darien offers the Mather Homestead where the founding director of the U.S. National Park Service grew up summering, the 1736 Bates-Scofield saltbox now the Darien Historical Society museum, the 1696 Pond-Weed House as the oldest house in town, the 1934 Town Hall mural commemorating the town's defining American Revolution moment, the Boston Post Road Historic District running through Darien Center, two Sound-front town beaches at Pear Tree Point and Weed, the Goodwives River and the Five Mile River draining the inland slopes, the Tokeneke and Noroton Heights estate neighborhoods, and the Metro-North commuter rhythm that has defined the town since 1848. It is a Fairfield County shoreline community that traces its line straight back to the Stamford planters of 1640 — and forward to the family that founded the country's national parks. On the Sound since 1641.

Darien Connecticut Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring oyster shell motif and Connecticut Colony 1636 founding-era date