Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia · four layers, four tops
Layers for a wet German winter.
Two brushed hoodies, a hooded cardigan and a textured slim sweater, with four tops cut to sit underneath without bunching: a striped off-shoulder tee, a ruffled-hem long sleeve, a side-ruched stripe, a buttery fitted top. Washed five times before approval and measured flat, so the sleeve you receive is the sleeve we listed.
See the layers
Layers and the tops beneath
Hoodies and knits on one rail, four everyday tops on the other. Any two of them can be worn together, and most of them will be.
The layers, opened
A hoodie, then the top that sits under it. Each card opens on the chest, the cuff and how the cloth recovers after a wash.
Chest and sleevePink Long Sleeve Buttery Soft Fit Top
$46.00
Fleece brushed insideGrey Striped Long Sleeve Top With Side Ruched Detail
$25.00
Washed five timesGreen Round Neck Long Sleeve Tee With Ruffled Hem
$43.00
A neckline is settled by the third wash
A cotton neckline can look perfect on the first day and ripple by the third, so every top here is washed five times before it is approved and the neckline is measured again after each one. Brushed fleece is checked under the arm, where a hoodie actually rubs, and on the hood edge, where a seam is most likely to give. Yarn-dyed stripes cost more than print and keep their black and white through twenty washes, which is the only reason to use them. Drawcords are tested with the hood up, and every hem is twin-needled so it lies flat instead of curling after a month of wear.
What we will not print
Nothing that pills by Friday
Softness is easy to claim and easy to lose in the first wash. Every fabric here was washed five times and checked for colour movement, pilling and shrinkage before it reached the rail.
The close-up: drawcord, cuff, hem
A drawcord is the part a hand touches most, so the eyelets are set through a reinforced panel and the cord ends are finished with a metal tip rather than a knot that unravels. Cuffs are ribbed at a tighter gauge so they close around a wrist without cutting into it, and the seam is flat-locked so it does not press on the skin when a sleeve is pushed up. Hems are twin-needled at the same width all the way round, which is a small thing that shows on the outside. Even the label is a woven tape rather than a printed tab, because a print cracks and a weave does not.
Before it goes in the mailer
Five washes
Each fabric is washed five times and checked for colour movement, pilling and shrinkage.
Seams pulled by hand
Stitch lines are pulled along their length, and every zip and cord is worked before approval.
30 days, rights intact
Unworn returns within 30 days of delivery, with your statutory rights never limited by this policy.