America Online (AOL) Youth Hoodie / Sweatshirt

GhostCorp Apparel - resurrecting iconic corporate ghosts.

This America Online youth hoodie brings a landmark internet name into a comfortable everyday layer. AOL is remembered for helping make the web feel personal through screen names, chat rooms, email, AIM, and the unmistakable dial-up era. Its history began with Quantum Link in the 1980s and grew into a major media-era brand, giving young tech fans a connection to the stories their families remember.

AOL Media LLC is a New York City-based web portal and former online service provider, owned by Bending Spoons. Its lineage reaches back to Control Video Corporation, founded in 1983, and its GameLine service for the 2600. In 1985, Jim Kimsey formed Quantum Computer Services from its remnants; Quantum Link launched for Commodore computers that year, using software licensed from PlayNet. Following PC Link and Apple-focused services, the company renamed its service America Online in 1989. AOL became a leading online service, with about three million active users by 1995 and more than 20 million consumers receiving internet service by 2000. It acquired Netscape in 1998 and MapQuest in 1999, then merged with Time Warner in 2001. AOL was spun off in 2009, acquired by Verizon in 2015, and combined with Yahoo as Oath in 2016, later Verizon Media. Verizon sold the division to Apollo in 2021; Apollo sold AOL to Bending Spoons in January 2026.

Product features

- 50/50 cotton-poly midweight fleece (8 oz/yd²) — durable, smooth fabric for lasting prints

- Twill necktape and sewn-in label for added comfort and stability

- Kangaroo pouch pocket for warmth and convenient storage

- Embroidery available on left or center chest; DTF wrist prints with DTG body printing

- Meets children’s safety and compliance standards; runs true to size

Care instructions

- Machine wash: warm (max 40C or 105F)

- Bleach as needed

- Tumble dry: medium heat

- Do not dry clean

- Do not iron

EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Gildan 18500B, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: For children, Made in Honduras

Care instructions: Machine wash: warm (max 40C or 105F), Bleach as needed, Tumble dry: medium heat, Do not iron, Do not dry clean