With winter approaching, colleges have a unique opportunity to keep students warm while showcasing school pride through customized apparel. Offering stylish, branded winter gear helps students stay cozy and enhances campus spirit.
Here’s how you can impact: Branded hoodies, jackets, and accessories featuring college logos, mascots, and colors allow students to express their school spirit while staying warm. Promoting these items through campus events or welcome packs can create excitement and foster a sense of belonging among students. Additionally, leveraging social media campaigns to showcase students wearing this gear can amplify your college’s visibility and strengthen connections within the campus community.
Why Winter Wearables Are a Perfect Fit
Here are four reasons why branded winter weather accessories and wearables are great for college campuses:
1. Winter wearables boost school unity and spirit
Branded winter accessories like hats, scarves, and gloves bring students, alumni, and fans together during outdoor winter events, such as tailgating or sporting events. Everyone wearing the same school-branded gear creates a sense of unity and collective pride that strengthens school spirit, especially during game days in chilly weather.
2. Cold-weather gear increases visibility at outdoor events
Wearing branded gear at outdoor winter events ensures that your college's colors and logos are on full display. Whether it's a football game, campus rally, or homecoming event, the more visible your brand, the stronger your presence and identity. This also allows your school name to stand out to outsiders or visiting teams, increasing visibility.
3. Outerwear and hats spread awareness off-campus
When students and alumni wear branded winter gear off-campus or during winter break, they become walking advertisements for the school. Whether they’re at home for the holidays or traveling, these accessories help spread awareness about the college to new regions, expanding the school’s reach and recognition beyond campus borders.
4. These items are practical and highly usable gifts
Winter wearables like beanies, jackets, and gloves are functional and useful, especially in colder climates. Colleges can give them away as part of donor gifts, bookstore merchandise, or student event prizes. The practicality of these items means that recipients will use them regularly, providing the school with long-lasting brand visibility. Plus, because people wear these items during winter, they're perfect for bundling up in style while showing off school pride.
Pro tip: You can use these items as a deposit strategy to encourage students admitted in the fall to enroll for the spring semester.
Our Curated List of Winter Wearables to Gift or Sell
These winter-weather accessories and wearables keep recipients warm while building a sense of connection and school spirit during the colder months. They can be excellent for giveaways, thank-you gifts, or unique bookstore offerings.
1. Fleece Jackets
Warm fleece jackets or vests embroidered with the college logo make perfect alumni gifts or higher-end merchandise for campus bookstores. These wearables – which get the highest number of views (that’s 6,100 people!) of your logo during their lifetime – offer warmth and a way to show school pride throughout winter.
Stay stylish and eco-conscious with the Next Level Apparel Unisex PCH Bomber Jacket, made from a soft cotton-poly blend with a streetwear-inspired look. Perfect for colleges and Greek organizations to give away or sell, this jacket combines casual cool with sustainability through Next Level’s fabric recycling program.
2. Puffer Jackets
High-quality puffer jackets featuring the college’s logo are great for outdoor events like football games or everyday campus wear. You can offer them to alumni and donors as thank-yous or sell them as premium items in bookstores.
Gear up for winter with the Burnside Adult Box Quilted Puffer Jacket, made from 100% nylon with mini-brick quilting for warmth and style. Perfect for colleges and Greek organizations to give away or sell, this jacket offers eye-catching colors and thoughtful details like zippered pockets and chin protection.
3. Branded Beanies
A college-branded knit beanie is a stylish and functional way to help students stay warm on campus. With custom embroidery, these beanies can be great giveaways or sold in your bookstore during colder months.
Keep students warm and stylish this winter with our Jacquard Knitted Beanies, made from high-quality 100% acrylic yarn for a cozy fit. Ideal for colleges and Greek organizations to give away or sell, these beanies feature your logo knitted directly into the design, making them a memorable and practical promo item.
4. Scarves
Offer cozy, branded scarves in the school's colors or featuring its logo. These make great winter spirit giveaways to keep students, alumni, and supporters bundled up.
5. Touchscreen Gloves
Branded touchscreen gloves are practical items that will be appreciated by students who constantly use their smartphones or tablets. They’re also a functional, trendy accessory with a subtle school logo or mascot.
Pantone Matched Touchscreen Gloves are the perfect branded giveaway for colleges, keeping students connected during chilly exam days without needing to remove their gloves. Customizable in any Pantone color with your logo, these gloves ensure your brand stays visible all winter long.
6. Winter Headbands
A soft, branded winter headband is a simple but useful item to protect ears from the cold while allowing students and alumni to represent their school pride. These can be great for both donors and bookstore shoppers.
7. Wool Socks
Branded wool socks keep feet warm, especially in cold-weather climates. These could be bundled into exam survival kits, offered in the bookstore, or used as small giveaways during winter events.
Stay stylish this winter with our Ankle Cut Custom Knit Woolen Dress Socks, made from a cozy Merino wool blend. Perfect for colleges and Greek organizations, these trendy socks feature your logo or all-over design and offer a comfortable fit for all.
8. Insulated Water Bottles: Staying hydrated is important even in cold weather. Offer branded, insulated water bottles that keep drinks warm or cold for hours, making them a versatile and practical gift for students or donors.
9. Custom Blankets: A branded fleece blanket or throw can be a welcome gift for dorm rooms or lounging in the library. The college bookstore also sells these as home décor, making them a perfect winter accessory.
Wrap up in warmth with our luxurious Mink Sherpa Blanket, featuring soft faux mink on one side and cozy lambswool Sherpa on the other. Perfect for colleges and Greek organizations to give away or sell, this blanket is a crowd favorite for cold-weather events and seasonal promotions.
Keep Your Campus Cozy This Fall and Winter With Branded College Gear From Campus Stop
Campus Stop offers a wide selection of fall and winter wearables and accessories to keep your students, staff, and alumni warm and stylish throughout the colder months. Our experienced creative team delivers top-notch customer service, competitive pricing, and award-winning designs customized exclusively for colleges and universities.
From cozy hoodies and knit beanies to scarves and gloves, Campus Stop provides branded merchandise that keeps your community warm and boosts school pride. Whether for tailgating events, campus tours, or alumni reunions, we’ve got you covered with gear that engages, excites, and connects.
Visit us at www.campusstop.com or email us directly at sales@campusstop.com to learn how Campus Stop can help you gear up for the season with stylish, branded college accessories!
