My Ugly Christmas Sweaters are hand-crafted in Vermont.

Hideously Ugly Contest Winners! Women's & Men's XS-XXXL  

OUR STORY

My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. is located in Killington, Vermont. Company founder Anne Marie Blackman had been a stay-at-home mom for 15 years, and with her children heading to college was looking for a new focus. She began crafting ‘ugly’ Christmas sweaters after researching search trends on the internet, looking for a product to sell during the holiday season.  It came down to selling a particular remote-controlled helicopter toy or Christmas sweaters. Data showed an exponential increase each year in the number of people searching for ‘ugly Christmas sweaters’, and the helicopter idea was put aside. 

After reading about the 'Ugly Christmas Sweater Party' phenomenon and the prizes offered to the people wearing the most outrageous sweaters, Anne Marie focused on finding the most unique holiday knits from the past, and creating (embellishing) sweaters so that they would be contenders for the '1st Place Most Ugly' party prize. 

Anne Marie tested the market for her over-the-top sweaters on eBay and found them to be instant sellouts.  My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 (trademark 2011) and Anne Marie received copyright status for her ‘Wacky Santa’ sweater design. She created a website to drive traffic to her eBay store, and in 2010 twice had eBay’s ‘top shared’ items on Facebook.  With 75% of her eBay traffic coming from her own website, she left eBay in 2011 and hired Catalyst Webworks to design a new fun and functional website to showcase her products and to also incorporate e-commerce processing.   

The My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. website received tremendous online traffic during the 2011 holiday season, with over 2.1 million page views.  The over-the-top sweater and dress collections were wildly successful.  Company founder Anne Marie Blackman received extensive press coverage with growing interest in both the MUCS products as well as the entrepreneurial story behind the business.    

Sweaters from My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. are sold worldwide and to customers of all ages. Our collections not only include the over-the-top hideously ugly embellished sweaters that customers have grown to expect from MUCS, but also include a full line of classic vintage sweaters and retro 80’s classics.  Whether you’re looking for an obnoxious sweater that will bring you home the ‘Most Ugly’ prize, or a tame classic sweater to wear to an office party, My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. can deliver.   

Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater 

   Anne Marie Blackman and Brian Clark Howard co-authored Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater  (Running Press, 2012) which is destined to be the #1 funny gift for the 2012 holiday season. Perfect for a stocking stuffer, gift for your boss, or to put on your coffee table - this book is jam packed with over 150 photos of people and pets rockin' their ugly sweaters.  Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater is available NOW on pre-order!    

CHARITY

 My Ugly Christmas Sweater donates sweaters each year to a group of U.S. service men and women serving away from home, and also sponsors the Kansas City Ugly Christmas Sweater benefit.      

OUR SWEATERS

We have THOUSANDS of bright, blinking, and brilliant sweaters! Our sweaters come to us рге-owned.  Some are ugly enough just as they are, and others are thoughtfully (and creatively!) embellished. It's a joy to create such ugliness, and we hope that you have as much fun wearing our sweaters as we did bringing them back to life.

SEE US IN ACTION

WCAX (Burlington, VT) featured My Ugly Christmas Sweater on their 'Made in Vermont' segment November 26, 2010

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