GARMENT DYED CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT - WASHED BLACK

The Garment Dyed Crewneck

Think of the perfect vintage sweatshirt. Not the reproduction made overseas to look like one, but an actual sweatshirt from the ’40s or ’50s, made the way they were made then.

That’s what we set out to make. We started with Texas long staple cotton, knit into a 400 GSM French terry at a mill in North Carolina. Longer fibers make a stronger, smoother yarn that softens with wear instead of pilling out. The pattern comes from the Army and Navy issue sweatshirts we kept coming back to, cut simply and built to be worn hard.

We sewed them in natural, then garment dyed and enzyme washed each finished piece. Dyeing the whole garment lets the color settle into the seams and rib the way old sweatshirts fade, and the enzyme wash breaks in the hand so it feels worn from day one. No two come out exactly the same.

What we ended up with is a perfect vintage sweatshirt, made new.

• Shorter body. It sits right at the waist.
• Looser ribbing at the waist and sleeves. You can push the sleeves up without a fight.
• Shorter cuff.

Garment dyed pieces have natural variation in color from piece to piece. Wash cold with like colors.

400 GSM heavyweight French terry · Texas long staple cotton · Woven in North Carolina · Garment dyed