• Palm Springs California Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo, Black, White Logo, Merlin Classics
  • Palm Springs California Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo, Navy, White Logo, Merlin Classics
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Palm Springs California Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - White Logo

Palm Springs California Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - White Logo

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The Palm Springs polo, for the town that is the desert’s mid-century modern capital. Soft ring-spun cotton pique with the Palm Springs vintage retro logo embroidered on the chest in white thread: hometown pride that passes at the office.

Choose the polo when a t-shirt is too casual and a logo too loud: the embroidered crest reads as a club mark, so it works for golf, a summer dinner or a workday. It is the Palm Springs gift for fathers, grooms and anyone who already owns too many tees.

Semi-fitted and side-seamed, this pique polo is cut from soft 100% ring-spun cotton (~5.2 oz/yd²) and finished with a classic 2-button placket and dyed-to-match buttons. The vintage-retro logo is embroidered on the chest. Lightweight and breathable for warm weather, with advanced fabric certification for peace of mind. Machine wash cold on gentle, tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron the decoration, no dry clean. Because embroidery uses thread (not ink), slight differences from the digital product image are normal and part of the process; see our Embroidery footer for the full details.

The Agua Caliente Cahuilla built their villages around the hot mineral springs of Se-Khi for thousands of years; McCallum began the resort colony in 1885, the health-resort years followed, and 653 voters incorporated the city in 1938. Hollywood had already found it in the 1920s and 30s.

The 1940s to 60s left the densest concentration of mid-century modern architecture in the country, butterfly roofs, breeze blocks and kidney pools under about 350 days of sun, and the 1963 Aerial Tramway climbs Mount San Jacinto, which leaps nearly two miles straight off the desert floor. The palm oases of the Indian Canyons lie just south. The mid-century desert is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — PALM SPRINGS CA EMBROIDERED COTTON POLO

Town: Palm Springs, California

Founded: Resort from 1885; city 1938

Known for: Mid-century modern capital of the desert; the Cahuilla hot springs; Mount San Jacinto and the 1963 Aerial Tramway; 350 days of sun

Art: Palm Springs vintage retro logo, white (embroidered)

Blank: Semi-fitted pique polo, side-seamed, 2-button placket

Fabric: 100% ring-spun cotton, ~5.2 oz/yd²

Decoration: Chest embroidery, white thread

Care: Machine wash cold (gentle), tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron decoration

Sizes: M, L, XL

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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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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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Today Palm Springs is a thriving desert resort city, proud of its mid-century modern heritage, its tramway and palm-canyon oases, and the Coachella Valley sun that draws a design-loving world back every winter. Its story runs from the Cahuilla hot springs through McCallum's 1884 adobe, the 1938 incorporation, the postwar Desert Modernism boom, and the 1963 tram into the mountains. Our Palm Springs designs gather that identity into wearable form — the desert, the design, the oasis. Palm Springs, California — mid-century modern at the foot of the mountain.

The desert's mid-century modern capital — a Coachella Valley oasis where Hollywood built a town of butterfly roofs and the world's largest rotating tram climbs two miles into the mountains. Palm Springs sits in a bowl of sun at the foot of Mount San Jacinto, on the floor of the Coachella Valley. The Agua Caliente Cahuilla built their lives around its hot mineral springs and palm-canyon oases for thousands of years; by the 1950s it had become a sun-drenched modernist playground of clean lines and kidney-shaped pools. Three hundred and fifty days of sun, a mountain that leaps straight off the desert floor, and a whole town of desert-modern design — this page tells the story.

Why People Visit Palm Springs California

  • Ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up Chino Canyon to the cooler pine forests of Mount San Jacinto State Park.
  • Hike the Indian Canyons, the Cahuilla fan-palm oases with stream-fed trails.
  • Tour the mid-century modern neighborhoods — and time a visit for Modernism Week in February.
  • Stroll Palm Canyon Drive downtown for galleries, design shops, and classic facades.
  • Wander Moorten Botanical Garden and the Palm Springs Art Museum.
  • Detour west to the roadside Cabazon Dinosaurs (in Cabazon, about 20 minutes away) or out to Joshua Tree National Park.

Palm Springs California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California grizzly bear and star over California Republic Est. 1850