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Men’s Must-Have: A Hoodless Sweatshirt
It seems like with the turn of every fashion season, there is a new trend in guy's dress-down clothes. From Abercrombie-esque athletic hoodies (still popular) to mock-neck fleeces (eh), the urge to be at once comfortable and stylish has become newly important to men. And while a structured sweater is usually a safer bet for dress-down day at the office, there is no reason not to indulge in some strictly casual wear for days off. Enter the vintage sweatshirt.
We have to wonder if this trend stems only from the resurgence of old trends that is happening across the fashion spectrum. Perhaps there is also an element of personal nostalgia; no matter what decade they were born, most guys had at least one hoodless sweatshirt in childhood. And of course, mass retailers have started to figure out that Salvation Army-happy hipsters aren't the only ones in search of vintage duds; many are offering the real thing at decent prices, and others are creating new products intended to look like old ones. Whatever your poison, please enjoy freely the graphic (or solid) hoodless sweatshirt. Wear it with jeans, sweats, or cords. Wear it on weekends or on walks home from the gym. Just make sure to take it off long enough to wash it every once in a while.
Urban Outfitters' "Urban Renewal" program, a section of their product line committed to selling vintage products either in their original form or slightly altered into modern silhouettes, has a sampling of men's sweatshirts that are receiving pretty good customer reviews. At $29, the purchaser selects one from nine different color ways, and then watches his mailbox eagerly until the sweatshirt arrives; its exact print or graphic is a happy surprise.
American Apparel similarly offers actual vintage sweatshirts for $28-$35, including the classic "Esprit" hoodless sweatshirt that was so popular in the 1980's. This one is an especially cute way to rock the vintage sweats trend, as long as you don't pair it with a high-waisted, acid wash jean.
If you're not into wearing clothes that used to belong to someone else, but you still want to embrace this trend, scope out the tri-blend crewneck sweatshirt at the GAP, $25-$40 depending on your choice of the six different colors they have.
Photo Credit: urbanoutfitters.com
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