Give me your best mom catalog sweatshirts!

October 28, 2017 7:52 AM

My mother is in her early 60s and loves a very particular style of "old lady" catalog sweatshirts. She prefers prints of birds and cats and flowers. But the Country Store Catalog and Catalog Favorites are the only sites I'm finding. What search terms should I be using to find more of these? Recommendations for specific catalogs are welcome too. Thanks!
posted by Neely O'Hara to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (13 answers total)

Best answer: You're sweet to find these for your mom! Blair has a lot of sweatshirt and fleece options to pick from. I found these by searching for "embroidered sweatshirt," but a lot of these are screen-printed. Here are a couple to get you started:
Embroidered Tunic Sweatshirt
Fall Embroidered Sweatshirt
Brighten Your Day Sweatshirt
Screen Print Sweatshirt
posted by Mouse Army at 8:07 AM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Blair has a bunch - click on any of those embellished ones to see lots more designs.

Also, before the internet, I used to have QVC going on the tv all the time, and remember Quacker Factory as the go-to company for embellished sweatshirts.

Searching Etsy for vintage ugly sweatshirt, I see tons of mom-style, if she would like vintage. Also, lots of new ones as well, where they embroider your choice of things on them. I used the term ugly because they reminded me of ugly sweater contests at Christmas.
posted by the webmistress at 8:09 AM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

Signals catalog, possibly Wireless
posted by theora55 at 8:29 AM on October 28, 2017 [4 favorites]

Omg yes to Blair and yes to Quacker Factory.
posted by Room 641-A at 8:30 AM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Boscov's is a local northeast department store, but they have a website. Just search for embroidered sweatshirt. Their in store womens' department is full of embroidered sweatshirts.
posted by interplanetjanet at 8:34 AM on October 28, 2017

Old Pueblo Traders, a division of Blair that is mentioned above https://oldpueblotraders.blair.com/ has lots of stuff.

"Alfred Dunner" is a good mom sweatshirt brand. Found at places like Macy's and other department stores as well. There is usually a section that has this style of clothing somewhere near the general ladies section, tucked near the back or side.
posted by bessiemae at 9:04 AM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

Northern Reflections has all sorts of things like that.
posted by Ftsqg at 9:36 AM on October 28, 2017 [2 favorites]

Herbergers carries a lot of these under the Alfred Dunner and Breckenridge brands.
posted by Flannery Culp at 11:46 AM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

If you’re near a Cracker Barrel you’ll find a dozen of these at any one time.
posted by bq at 12:30 PM on October 28, 2017

Best answer: I found a black velvet cat at Serengeti, whose site looks suspiciously like the catalog favorites link.
posted by Room 641-A at 12:32 PM on October 28, 2017

The Vermont Country Store will warm her cockles.
They have very nice bedding, by the way.
posted by BostonTerrier at 12:36 PM on October 28, 2017 [2 favorites]

The Paragon has a lot of that style sweatshirt, etc. Some of the others I know of have already been mentioned, like Signals and Catalog Favorites.
posted by annieb at 6:20 PM on October 29, 2017

Best answer: Serengeti has several options (and below those are even more suggestions, there's over a dozen on that site).
posted by FirstMateKate at 9:01 AM on October 30, 2017