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So, I was once in a very posh vintage shop in Los Angeles when I was looking at the racks of vintage sweatshirts from the 1950s (this was before people were charging £90 for an adidas sweatshirt you could get in JJB for £25 back in 1996) and saw this sweatshirt that had a hood bolted onto it in a completely different fabric. I got chatting to the sales assistant and he took me on a sweatshirt odyssey that I haven’t quite recovered from… anyway, here we go.
Way back in the day, the only sweatshirts that existed were crewneck sweatshirts (I hear you gasp) and they did well for decades, but it is generally credited that an American football coach from the Army was sick of his head getting wet when taking practice that he got his wife to cut up one of his old sweatshirts and make a hood so that cranium would stay nice and dry. Whether this is true or not, is VERY much up for debate, but I am sticking to it. These vintage sweatshirts now go for thousands of dollars amongst sweatshirt enthusiasts and there are whole brands dedicated to recreating them… I even have a book all about them. They are referred to as ‘afterhoods’ simply because the hood was added after the sweatshirt was made.
So after far too long pondering about whether I could make one, I got my pencils out and came up with our new sweatshirt… ‘The Afterhood.’ For this sweatshirt I have gone with a mid to heavyweight polycotton fabric, this is much closer to the best versions from the 1960s, it is rugged, robust and looks like the originals, which is important to a geek like me. The sleeves are raglan for extra space across the shoulders (and because it looks cool) and there is a kangaroo pocket to the front for hand/kangaroo storage.
At the neck there is the traditional crew neck of a sweatshirt and then bolted on at the neck is the hood. Ours are much tidier than the ones from the 50s and 60s as we can hide away all the loose threads and unsightly cuts in the neck for a much cleaner finish. With our afterhood, you get the high neck of a crewneck and the head covering of a hood, which, for me is pretty perfect. The hood is then finished with white drawstrings and just to make things even better, there is a vintage-printed TRiCKETT logo to the front so that you can confuse people and make them think that the brand is 100 years old.
These beauties are made in Portugal by Anabela and the team to a beautiful standard that even those weird sweatshirt replica brands couldn’t even get to, let alone for the price that we charge! You may not have been aware of afterhoods until today, but now you are I imagine you will have already stopped reading and started adding to your cart.
60% cotton, 40% polyester.
| Pit to pit (across chest) | Length (from back of neck) | Underarm measurement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 21.5" | 27" | 21" |
| Medium | 23" | 27" | 22" |
| Large | 24" | 27.5" | 22" |
| X-Large | 25" | 27.5" | 23" |
| 2XL | 26" | 28" | 23" |
| 3XL | 27" | 28" | 23.5" |
Iain wears XXL, when he normally wears XL. Luca wears L, when he normally wears M. This is for extra room, if you like a snug fit, go for your normal size. If you have had any of our previous super heavy sweatshirts, Weathers or other made in Portugal sweatshirts, go for the size you already have in those.
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