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Houston Texas Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Fleece Jacket - White Logo

Houston Texas Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Fleece Jacket - White Logo

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The Houston fleece, for the town that answers to Mission Control. An authentic Columbia MTR fleece, full-zip, with the Houston vintage retro logo embroidered on the chest in white thread.

This is the top of the Houston range: a real Columbia blank, embroidered to order, warm, light and fast-drying. It is the jacket for early mornings, the sideline and the drive home, and the Houston gift that gets opened and put on immediately. Made to order, so allow the embroidery time before the holidays.

A warm, lightweight full-zip in Columbia’s soft MTR fleece, embroidered to order with our vintage-retro logo on the chest. The authentic Columbia blank uses MTR-style filament fleece (~7.4 oz/yd²) in an athletic, easy-layering fit with a stand collar and clean lines; it insulates dependably on cool days, dries fast, and moves comfortably for walks, errands, travel, or campfire nights. Care: machine wash cold (gentle), dry flat, no bleach, no iron on decoration, no dry clean. Because embroidery uses thread (not ink), slight differences from the digital product image are normal and part of the process — full details and care instructions are in the page footer Embroidery note. Columbia® is a registered trademark of Columbia Sportswear Company. This product is independently customized and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Columbia.

The Allen brothers laid out Houston in 1836 and named it for Sam Houston after San Jacinto; it served as capital of the Republic of Texas from 1837 to 1839. Spindletop made it the oil capital after 1901, and the Houston Ship Channel of 1914 turned an inland town on Buffalo Bayou into one of the great ports.

NASA’s center opened in 1961, and the word Houston has meant Mission Control ever since; the Astrodome of 1965 was the first domed stadium, and the world’s largest rodeo rolls in every March. The fourth-largest city in America covers 666 square miles with no zoning laws at all. Space City is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — HOUSTON TX EMBROIDERED FLEECE JACKET

Town: Houston, Texas

Founded: 1836

Known for: Space City and Mission Control; the Houston Ship Channel (1914); the world’s largest rodeo; capital of the Republic of Texas 1837–39

Art: Houston vintage retro logo, white (embroidered)

Blank: Authentic Columbia full-zip MTR fleece jacket, athletic easy-layering fit, stand collar

Fabric: MTR-style filament fleece, ~7.4 oz/yd²

Decoration: Chest embroidery, white thread

Care: Machine wash cold (gentle), dry flat, no bleach, no iron on decoration

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

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Product FAQs

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.

How do I send a gift?

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.

What's the return policy?

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 Astrodome opened on April 9, 1965, as the first fully enclosed, air-conditioned multi-purpose stadium ever built. Engineers could not keep natural grass alive without sunlight, so they replaced the grass with an artificial playing surface — the first of its kind in major sports. The Astrodome sat 54,000, hosted rodeo, baseball, and football, and was promptly nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World — a phrase Houstonians apply with some pride and no shortage of irony. Houston has no zoning code, making it the only major American city where a refinery can sit next to a townhouse by right. That absence of zoning produced the sprawling, layered, improvised city that Houston is: some 670 square miles, the fourth-largest city in the United States, a port handling more foreign tonnage than any other in the country.

In September 1961 the federal government sited the new Manned Spacecraft Center twenty-five miles southeast of downtown Houston. From that moment, every American crewed mission to space was directed from Mission Control in Houston. On April 13, 1970, when the Apollo 13 oxygen tank ruptured 200,000 miles out, the call back to earth was “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” The Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969 had been acknowledged from the same building: “Roger, Tranquility, we copy you on the ground.” The first word spoken from the surface of the moon was Houston. That identity — Space City, Mission Control — is the one Houston carries globally above all others.

Why People Visit Houston Texas

Houston offers space heritage, Texas Revolution history, world-class museums, bayou parks, and one of the most diverse food scenes in the country. Visitors come for Mission Control and the San Jacinto battleground, the museum district and the bayou trails, the rodeo in March, and the simple scale of a city that runs from downtown skyline to ship channel to Gulf Coast. It is sprawling, layered, and unlike anywhere else in America.

Houston Texas Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring longhorn and Lone Star motif