Afterglow All-Over Print Sweatshirt

For when the light goes and the temperature follows

The same evening the Afterglow print is named for tends to get cold about an hour after it starts. This is the piece you put on at that point and end up wearing for the rest of the night.

The Afterglow print takes its name from the light that arrives after the sun has already gone down, when the sky holds colour for another twenty minutes and nobody is in a hurry. Large soft edged shapes overlap across the fabric in burnt orange, slate navy, dusty lavender, sage green and warm cream. Nothing lines up on a grid. The forms lean into each other the way clouds and hills and water do at the end of a clear day, and a fine grain runs through every colour so the whole thing reads more like a pressed print than a digital file.

Cut and fit

A unisex crew neck pullover with a relaxed body, ribbed cuffs and hem, and set-in sleeves. It is roomy enough to layer over a tee without pulling, and the ribbing at the wrists and waist keeps warm air where you want it. Each one is precision cut and hand sewn, which is what keeps the pattern lining up across the panels.

Fabric

Recycled polyester with elastane, built with a cotton-feel face and a soft brushed fleece interior. The outside takes the print cleanly and the inside is genuinely warm without being heavy. It is the combination that makes a sweatshirt worth keeping for years instead of one season, because it neither pills up nor goes flat after a dozen washes.

• Unisex crew neck pullover with a relaxed body
• Ribbed cuffs and hem that hold warmth in
• Cotton-feel outer face with soft brushed fleece inside
• Recycled polyester with elastane for durability and give
• Precision cut and hand sewn so the pattern aligns across panels
• All-over print with no blank panels front or back
• Warm without being heavy, so it layers under a jacket
• Made to order in small numbers
• Machine washable cold, hang to dry

How to wear it

Over a plain tee with jeans is the default and it is hard to improve on. Layered under a plain jacket in colder weather, with just the cuffs and collar showing colour. It also works as the single interesting item in an otherwise plain outfit, which is most of what a good sweatshirt is for.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out. Hang to dry, because a tumble dryer is what flattens brushed fleece and dulls a print faster than anything else. No bleach, no fabric softener. It should not need ironing.

Sizing

Unisex sizing, true to size, cut with a relaxed body. Take your normal size for the fit shown. Size up one if you want a noticeably oversized shape or you plan to wear it over a hoodie. People who prefer a trimmer sweatshirt can size down one without the sleeves becoming short, because the sleeve is generously cut across the range. Ribbing at the cuff and hem means a larger size still holds its shape rather than hanging shapeless.

Why it is cut and sewn rather than printed on a blank

A printed blank sweatshirt has the design stamped onto a finished garment, which leaves plain fabric under the arms, across the back, and anywhere the printer could not reach. This one is built the other way around. The fabric is printed first, then the panels are cut from it and hand sewn together, so the pattern is present on every surface including the sleeves and the underarm. It is slower and more expensive to make, and it is the only way to get a print that genuinely wraps the whole garment.

Questions people ask

Is it warm enough for winter? On its own it handles cool evenings and mild days. In real cold it works as a mid layer under a jacket, which is what the brushed fleece interior is designed for. Does the fleece flatten over time? Not if you keep it out of the tumble dryer. Heat is what breaks down brushed fleece. Does the print align exactly across the seams? The panels are cut from a continuous printed length so the pattern flows, but it is not seam matched shape for shape, and each piece is slightly different.

Who it is for

The person who reaches for the same sweatshirt every evening and would rather that sweatshirt be worth looking at. It suits anyone who spends the end of the day outdoors, on a porch, a deck, a campsite or a walk, and wants one warm layer that carries some colour into the part of the year when everything else goes grey.

Why it is made this way

Cut and sewn to order rather than produced in bulk and warehoused. Nothing is made speculatively, so nothing ends up marked down or discarded at the end of a season. Ten percent of profit goes to the organisations we support.