· About the Catalog ·

A society for the generously
proportioned cat.

We started in 2024 with one simple belief: every chonky cat deserves a clothing line, a profile page, and a fan club. We are still working on the fan clubs.

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Founder portrait — Maya & Biscuit, 2024
Vol. 01 — How it started

Biscuit needed a sweater that actually fit.

In the fall of 2024, our founder Maya tried to buy a cardigan for her 19-pound tuxedo, Biscuit. Every “XL cat sweater” came up short — too narrow at the chest, too snug at the neck, and frankly, not flattering.

So she started patterning her own. Word got out. Within six months, FatCatCatalog had outfitted 800 cats and shipped its first physical volume — a 64-page seasonal lookbook printed on heavyweight matte stock, mailed to every member.

The site you're on now is what came next: a place for members to register their cats, share fits, and find each other. Biscuit, of course, remains employee #001.

· What we believe ·

Four small convictions we try to live by.

01

Cats first. Always.

Every garment is patterned on real cats and tested by real cats. If a cat refuses to wear it, the cat is correct, and we go back to the drawing board.

02

Big is beautiful.

We design for the 12 lb to 28 lb range that mainstream cat brands ignore. Loaves are the goal, not the exception.

03

Print is not dead.

Each season we mail every member a physical 64-page volume. Members read it on the floor. Their cats sit on it.

04

Slow community.

No infinite feed, no algorithm. Just profiles, weekly features, and a buddy list capped at twenty cats.

The first 47 volumes.

A short timeline
Oct 2024
Vol. 01 — Biscuit
First lookbook. Eight cats. Stapled. Mailed to forty households.
Feb 2025
1,000 members
We outgrew the spare bedroom. The Bowtie Brigade goes into production.
Jul 2025
Vol. 24 — The Loaf Issue
Our first 64-page volume. Introduced the Chonk Index.
Jan 2026
10,000 members
Community moderation, buddy lists, and Cat-of-the-Week launch on the site.
May 2026
Vol. 47 — You are here
The Spring catalog you are reading right now. Featuring 84 fits.

The humans (and one cat).

Six staff · two part-time editors
Maya R.
Founder & Editor
Patterns every garment. Owns Biscuit and Noodle.
Biscuit
Biscuit
Employee #001
Wears every prototype. Refuses turtlenecks.
Theo K.
Print & Production
Operates the riso. Sources the matte stock.
Priya S.
Community
Reads every member application personally.
Jules W.
Photography
Shoots every Cat of the Week on a Mamiya RZ67.
Andre M.
Fulfillment
Hand-folds 200 sweaters a week. Does not stretch.
Hana T.
Editor at large
Writes the Journal. Two cats: Pumpkin & Brick.
Sam L.
Web
Built the site you are looking at. Allergic, ironically.
· In their own words ·
“The only catalog where my 22-pound Maine Coon is treated like the protagonist he believes himself to be.”
— A member, Vol. 38
The Cut
Apartamento
Eater
Hyperallergic
It's Nice That
Cat Fancy
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