{"product_id":"goose-costumes","title":"Goose with Costumes","description":"\u003c!-- =====================================================\n     ASTRID NILSEN PORCH GOOSE OUTFIT — PRODUCT DESCRIPTION\n     CSS-Prefix: .ag-pdp__\n     Drop into Shopify product description (HTML mode)\n     ===================================================== --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;700;900\u0026family=Lora:wght@400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap');\n.ag-pdp__container {\n  font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, serif !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  line-height: 1.7 !important;\n  max-width: 720px !important;\n  margin: 0 auto !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__hero-quote {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-style: italic !important;\n  font-size: 20px !important;\n  line-height: 1.5 !important;\n  color: #3d3831 !important;\n  text-align: center !important;\n  padding: 24px 20px !important;\n  background: #F1EAE0 !important;\n  border-top: 2px solid #8A3B4D !important;\n  border-bottom: 2px solid #8A3B4D !important;\n  margin: 0 0 28px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__hero-quote-author {\n  display: block !important;\n  font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-style: normal !important;\n  font-size: 13px !important;\n  font-weight: 600 !important;\n  color: #6F675E !important;\n  letter-spacing: 1px !important;\n  text-transform: uppercase !important;\n  margin-top: 12px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__intro {\n  font-size: 17px !important;\n  line-height: 1.75 !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 0 0 28px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__intro strong { color: #8A3B4D !important; }\n.ag-pdp__h2 {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n  font-size: 22px !important;\n  line-height: 1.3 !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 36px 0 16px !important;\n  padding-bottom: 8px !important;\n  border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DACB !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__p {\n  font-size: 16px !important;\n  line-height: 1.7 !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 0 0 16px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__p strong { color: #8A3B4D !important; }\n.ag-pdp__photo {\n  width: 100% !important;\n  height: auto !important;\n  display: block !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n  margin: 20px 0 8px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__photo-caption {\n  font-size: 12px !important;\n  color: #8B7A66 !important;\n  font-style: italic !important;\n  text-align: center !important;\n  margin: 0 0 20px !important;\n  letter-spacing: 0.5px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__variants {\n  display: grid !important;\n  grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;\n  gap: 16px !important;\n  margin: 24px 0 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__variant {\n  background: #FFFCF8 !important;\n  border: 1px solid #E4DACB !important;\n  border-left: 4px solid #8A3B4D !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n  padding: 18px 22px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__variant-title {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n  font-size: 17px !important;\n  color: #8A3B4D !important;\n  margin: 0 0 6px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__variant-desc {\n  font-size: 15px !important;\n  line-height: 1.55 !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 0 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__features {\n  background: #F1EAE0 !important;\n  border: 1px solid #E4DACB !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n  padding: 22px 26px !important;\n  margin: 24px 0 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__features-title {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n  font-size: 18px !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 0 0 14px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__features-list { list-style: none !important; padding: 0 !important; margin: 0 !important; }\n.ag-pdp__features-list li {\n  padding: 10px 0 10px 24px !important;\n  position: relative !important;\n  font-size: 15px !important;\n  line-height: 1.6 !important;\n  border-bottom: 1px dashed #D8C9B4 !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__features-list li:last-child { border-bottom: none !important; }\n.ag-pdp__features-list li::before {\n  content: \"\\2192\" !important;\n  position: absolute !important;\n  left: 0 !important;\n  top: 10px !important;\n  color: #8A3B4D !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__features-list strong { color: #8A3B4D !important; }\n.ag-pdp__specs {\n  background: #FFFCF8 !important;\n  border: 1px solid #E4DACB !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n  padding: 18px 22px !important;\n  margin: 24px 0 !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__specs-title {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n  font-size: 16px !important;\n  color: #2B2723 !important;\n  margin: 0 0 12px !important;\n  text-transform: uppercase !important;\n  letter-spacing: 1px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__specs-table { width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; font-size: 14px !important; }\n.ag-pdp__specs-table td { padding: 8px 0 !important; border-bottom: 1px dashed #E4DACB !important; color: #2B2723 !important; }\n.ag-pdp__specs-table td:first-child { font-weight: 600 !important; color: #8A3B4D !important; width: 38% !important; }\n.ag-pdp__specs-table tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none !important; }\n.ag-pdp__guarantee {\n  background: #FFFCF8 !important;\n  border: 1px solid #E4DACB !important;\n  border-left: 4px solid #5F7A5A !important;\n  padding: 18px 22px !important;\n  margin: 24px 0 !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__guarantee-title {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-weight: 700 !important;\n  font-size: 17px !important;\n  color: #5F7A5A !important;\n  margin: 0 0 8px !important;\n}\n.ag-pdp__guarantee-text { font-size: 15px !important; line-height: 1.6 !important; color: #2B2723 !important; margin: 0 !important; }\n.ag-pdp__story-block { background: #F1EAE0 !important; padding: 22px 26px !important; border-radius: 4px !important; margin: 28px 0 !important; }\n.ag-pdp__story-block p { font-size: 15px !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; color: #2B2723 !important; margin: 0 0 12px !important; }\n.ag-pdp__story-block p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0 !important; }\n.ag-pdp__story-block strong { color: #8A3B4D !important; }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__container\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__hero-quote\"\u003e\n  \"Happiness does not always come from grand things. Sometimes it comes from a warm cup of coffee, a kind word from a neighbour, or a tiny handmade coat on a goose waiting by someone's front door.\"\n  \u003cspan class=\"ag-pdp__hero-quote-author\"\u003e— Astrid Nilsen, seamstress, Northern Norway\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__intro\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eAstrid Nilsen Porch Goose Outfit\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hand-cut, hand-sewn garden goose costume, made one at a time by 79-year-old Astrid Nilsen at the same sewing table where her own grandmother first taught her to thread a needle. Real wool, linen and cotton — never polyester, never printed fleece — cut, pinned and stitched by hand in a small sewing room in northern Norway. Every seam, ruffle, button and bow finished by the same pair of hands, for the goose that's about to make your whole street stop and smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"ag-pdp__h2\"\u003eChoose Your Outfit (all hand-sewn, no two exactly alike)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"A concrete porch goose wearing one of Astrid's hand-sewn outfits\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/WhatsApp_Image_2026-07-21_at_19.18.19_1.jpg?v=1784655790\" class=\"ag-pdp__photo\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__photo-caption\"\u003eOne of Astrid's hand-sewn outfits, dressed on a customer's own porch goose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__variants\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🍉 The Watermelon Summer Dress (Bestseller)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eGreen gingham cut on the bias so the ruffled skirt swings properly, a matching bow at the collar, and a tiny hand-sewn fabric watermelon slice tucked at the side. The story behind it: this was Astrid's very first design, stitched from a scrap of old flannel to keep the family's new concrete goose dry in the rain. \"Everyone deserves a little watermelon in summer. Even a goose.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🌸 The Navy Garden Bonnet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eThree tiers of hand-cut, hand-pressed ruffled cotton in navy floral, topped with a wide-brim bonnet tied with organza ribbon. Based on a photograph of Astrid's own mother's dress from 1962. \"Every ruffle is cut and pressed separately. It takes longer. It shows.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🎃 The Halloween Witch\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eAn orange pumpkin skirt with hand-embroidered black cat, a fitted velvet cape, and a proper pointed witch hat finished with dried flowers at the brim. Rooted in a memory of her son's 1987 school play. Astrid's most requested design every October — \"the neighbours started ringing the doorbell to ask about it before the end of the first week.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__p\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhichever outfit you choose, the making is identical: same real fabric chosen by Astrid, same hand-fitted pattern refined over five years, same adjustable back snap, same sewing table in northern Norway. No production line, no shortcuts, no assistants.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"ag-pdp__h2\"\u003eWhat Makes It Different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__p\"\u003eMost goose outfits sold today are mass-printed polyester sets in the same four colours with the same plastic snap. They look cheerful in a thumbnail, but within a season the fabric pills, fades, and the fit never quite sits right on a real statue. The Astrid Nilsen outfit is built the way Norwegian sewing rooms used to build things — slowly, for one goose at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"A concrete porch goose wearing a second Astrid Nilsen hand-sewn outfit\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/WhatsApp_Image_2026-07-21_at_19.18.20.jpg?v=1784655753\" class=\"ag-pdp__photo\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__photo-caption\"\u003eEvery outfit is hand-fitted so it sits perfectly on the goose's actual shape — no gaps, no bunching\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__features-title\"\u003eBuilt the way it should be:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ag-pdp__features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReal fabric, real weight\u003c\/strong\u003e — cottons that hold their print, wools that keep shape through wind and rain, linens that soften beautifully with age. No polyester, ever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-fitted, not guessed\u003c\/strong\u003e — patterns refined over five years and hundreds of outfits, adjusted by hand before the final seam so bonnets sit level and hats stay on in a breeze.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA different outfit for every season\u003c\/strong\u003e — watermelon for summer, navy bonnet for spring, Halloween witch for October. The goose becomes a small seasonal clock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe memory stitch\u003c\/strong\u003e — every design rooted in a real story: a school play, a mother's 1962 dress, a simple love of summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe smile test\u003c\/strong\u003e — \"If I look at it and feel nothing, I take it apart. I am not making products. I am making small moments of happiness.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdjustable back snap\u003c\/strong\u003e — fits standard 24–28 inch concrete or resin porch geese. Unsure of your goose's size? Send Astrid the measurements first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__specs\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__specs-title\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"ag-pdp__specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFits\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStandard concrete\/resin porch geese, 24\"–28\" tall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClosure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAdjustable snap at the back\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWool, linen and cotton (design-dependent) — no polyester\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFully hand-cut, hand-sewn, hand-finished — no production line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded extras\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries by design (e.g. fabric watermelon slice, witch hat with dried flowers, organza ribbon tie)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePackaging\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWrapped by hand in tissue paper with a note from Astrid\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-sewn in northern Norway\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpot clean only. Bring indoors during heavy rain or snow to extend the life of the fabric.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"ag-pdp__h2\"\u003eThe Story Behind the Sewing Room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__story-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter her husband passed, the house went very quiet. Then Astrid's daughter arrived one afternoon with a garden centre bag and a guilty expression: a concrete goose, knee-high, wearing a permanent look of mild surprise. Astrid looked at it, then laughed for the first time in weeks. When the first cold rain came, she found a scrap of old flannel shirt and stitched a tiny jacket in about an hour. A neighbour walked past the next morning, stopped, stared, and laughed so hard she had to hold the gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of that week, three neighbours had asked for one too. That was five years ago. Since then Astrid has made over two hundred outfits — each one carrying a memory or a season, some carrying both. \u003cstrong\u003eShe sews every morning, in the same small room, on a machine older than most of her grandchildren.\u003c\/strong\u003e Her eyesight isn't what it was, and some mornings her hands are stiff before the coffee's finished. She sews anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer daughter manages the online orders and reads her the customer letters in the evenings. \u003cstrong\u003e\"I do not need to be rich,\" Astrid says. \"I need to sew. Those are two different things.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Each collection sells out — no factory standing by, no restock in two weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ag-pdp__guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ag-pdp__guarantee-title\"\u003e100% Satisfaction Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ag-pdp__guarantee-text\"\u003eIf the outfit arrives and it doesn't make you smile, return it within 30 days for a full refund. Astrid stands behind every stitch that leaves her sewing room. She always has. She is not about to stop now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center !important; font-style: italic !important; color: #6F675E !important; margin-top: 28px !important;\" class=\"ag-pdp__p\"\u003eHand-sewn in Norway · Limited quantities each season · Ships worldwide · Delivery 5–12 days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marlow Market","offers":[{"title":"Watermelon","offer_id":54093679460695,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue with White Dots","offer_id":54093679493463,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Halloween","offer_id":54093679526231,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/WhatsApp_Image_2026-07-21_at_21.00.58.jpg?v=1784656925","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/goose-costumes","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}