The only question worth answering first.
They are the same idea in two shapes. One has a hood and a pocket and swallows you. This one does not, and that is the point: it goes under a coat, sits flat at the neck, and reads as a sweater rather than as loungewear.
If you are buying for someone else and cannot decide, the crewneck is the safer gift. It fits more bodies, works in more rooms, and nobody has ever taken a hood off a sweatshirt and wished it were back.
Heavy blend fleece, not the thin stuff.
8 oz, 50/50 cotton and polyester, brushed on the inside. Half cotton so it is soft and does not sweat you out, half polyester so the shoulders still sit where they should after a year.
No pocket is a fabric decision as much as a style one. A kangaroo pocket pulls the front panel out of shape over time, and anything printed across it eventually bends with it. A flat front keeps the print flat.
- BlankGildan 18000
- Fabric8 oz, 50% cotton / 50% polyester
- InsideBrushed fleece
- CollarRibbed with spandex, holds its shape
- Cuffs and hemRibbed, 1×1
- SeamsTwin-needle, no side seam
- FitClassic unisex, S to 5XL
It goes to 5XL, and the chart goes with it.
Most shops stop at 2XL and let you guess above it. The chart below is the real garment-flat measurement at every size we sell. Measure a sweatshirt you already own, flat, armpit to armpit, and match the chest number. Between two sizes, take the larger.
| Size | Chest (in) | Chest (cm) | Length (in) | Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 20 | 50.8 | 27 | 68.6 |
| M | 22 | 55.9 | 28 | 71.1 |
| L | 24 | 61.0 | 29 | 73.7 |
| XL | 26 | 66.0 | 30 | 76.2 |
| 2XL | 28 | 71.1 | 31 | 78.7 |
| 3XL | 30 | 76.2 | 32 | 81.3 |
| 4XL | 32 | 81.3 | 33 | 83.8 |
| 5XL | 34 | 86.4 | 34 | 86.4 |
This is a classic cut, so at the same letter it sits closer to the body than our hoodies do. If you want room, take one size up. Manufacturer measurements vary by about half an inch.
Please measure before you order. Each one is printed for you after you buy it, so a wrong size cannot be returned. Print faults always can. Full size guide.
Flat front, flat print, nothing to catch on.
Water-based ink pressed into the fleece rather than a vinyl layer sitting on top of it. You cannot feel an edge with a fingernail, and there is nothing to peel.
Front centre, twelve inches across, top of the design three inches below the collar.
How to wash it
- 1Inside out
- 2Cold, gentle cycle
- 3Hang dry, or tumble low
- 4Never iron the print
Heat is what cracks prints, not time. A hot dryer will do more damage in one cycle than a year of cold washes.
No reviews yet. We are not going to invent any.
This shop opened recently and nobody has written about this piece yet. We could fill this space with five made-up names and five stars. Plenty of shops do. We would rather show you an empty shelf than lie on a page about being kind to yourself.
When real reviews arrive they will appear here, the good ones and the bad ones, and we will not be editing the second kind out.
- If the print is cracked, faded, off-centre or the wrong design, we remake it.
- If it arrives damaged, we remake it. No photograph of a returns label required.
- If the wrong item turns up, we send the right one and you keep the wrong one.
- Thirty days from delivery, and you never post anything back.
The questions people actually ask.
Is this warmer or cooler than the hoodie?
Slightly cooler, and much easier to layer. Half an ounce less fabric and no hood means less trapped heat around the neck. Under a coat it is the better of the two; sitting at home in January the hoodie wins.
Does it shrink?
Barely, if you keep it out of a hot dryer. It is half polyester, which is the half that refuses to shrink. Wash cold, dry low or hang it, and it stays the size you bought.
I am between sizes. Up or down?
Up. This is a classic cut rather than an oversized one, so the larger size gives you the relaxed look most people are picturing. Sizing down gets snug quickly across the chest.
How long until it arrives?
Two to five business days to print, then shipping from our print partner. Country by country timings on the shipping page.
Can I return it if it does not fit?
No. It is made after you order it, so there is no stock to send it back to, and we would rather tell you that here than in the small print. A print fault, damage or the wrong item is always remade inside thirty days.
Will people at work read anything into it?
No. Nothing we print names a condition. It is written to make sense to the person wearing it and to look like an ordinary nice sweatshirt to everyone else, which is exactly the point.
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