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Santa Cruz California Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - White Logo

Santa Cruz California Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - White Logo

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The Santa Cruz hoodie, for the town that has the last great California beach amusement park. A medium-heavy cotton pullover with the Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz, and the one that arrives in time for the holidays if you order now.

Our unisex hoodie is cut from medium-heavy fleece in a regular fit that runs true to size for adults. Details include a three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, double-needle stitching at key seams, and a tear-away label. The fabric is 80% combed ring-spun cotton and 20% polyester, with heather colors in cotton–poly blends.

Mission Santa Cruz was founded on August 28, 1791, and the city incorporated in 1866. The Beach Boardwalk opened in its present form in 1907, the oldest seaside amusement park on the West Coast and the last of the classic California amusement parks; the hand-carved Looff carousel has spun since 1911 and the wooden Giant Dipper has rattled since 1924, both National Historic Landmarks.

Steamer Lane and Pleasure Point made it a surf capital, the university arrived in 1965, and the redwoods of Henry Cowell and Big Basin, California’s first state park, begin where the boardwalk ends on the north shore of Monterey Bay. The Boardwalk since 1907 is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — SANTA CRUZ CA HEAVY COTTON HOODIE

Town: Santa Cruz, California

Founded: Mission 1791; city 1866

Known for: The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (1907); the 1911 Looff Carousel and 1924 Giant Dipper; Steamer Lane; gateway to the redwoods

Art: Santa Cruz 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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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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All Santa Cruz California Items

Our Santa Cruz retro logo carries the California Bear and the star of the 1846 Bear Flag tradition, with "1850" stamped beneath for the year of statehood. The black-and-white styling is retro, in the vocabulary of crate labels, mid-century beach signage, and the old wooden-coaster placards that once told boardwalk visitors how tall they had to be to ride. The bear and star, paired with the date, do the work of placing the design in the founding generation of the state — and the city that has been running its boardwalk longer than any other California town has been running anything along the Pacific.

Today Santa Cruz is, above everything, a coast town: the Boardwalk on the bay, the Carousel still spinning, the Giant Dipper still climbing its lift hill into the marine layer, West Cliff Drive running the bluffs from Lighthouse Point to Natural Bridges, and the redwoods of Big Basin and Henry Cowell standing the way they have stood since the mission was a wooden tent. Our Santa Cruz designs are made for that coast — the city where mainland America first surfed, and that came back from Loma Prieta with a new downtown. The redwoods start where the boardwalk ends. On Monterey Bay since 1791.

Why People Visit Santa Cruz California

Santa Cruz offers California's oldest surviving amusement park on the bay, the 1911 Looff Carousel and the 1924 Giant Dipper as a paired National Historic Landmark, the only original Mission Santa Cruz building still standing, the surf breaks at Steamer Lane and Pleasure Point where mainland American surfing began in 1885, the sea arches and monarch grove at Natural Bridges, the rebuilt Pacific Garden Mall downtown, and the redwoods of Henry Cowell and Big Basin — California's first state park. It is a coast town that has been running its boardwalk longer than any other California city has been running anything along the Pacific. On Monterey Bay since 1791.

Santa Cruz California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring California Bear and star motif with 1850 statehood date