the real mccoy's | hooded sweatshirt - shamrocks
the hooded sweatshirt was originally created in the 1930s by stitching hoods to existing sweatshirt designs, as a functional solution for construction workers enduring freezing new york winters and were quickly adopted by us military for training exercises and physical education classes.
this hoodie with felted wool patches is made in wakayama from a soft mid-weight 10oz loopwheel knitted cotton fabric using extremely rare loopwheel machines, known in japan as tsuriami-ki and even rarer skill and technique. loopwheel machines are renowned for their slow knitting pace, producing only a single meter of fabric per hour. however, this low thread tension technique is what sets them apart from contemporary manufacturing methods and creates an exceptional and distinctive fabric. the resulting material is reminiscent of hand-woven textiles and possesses a unique stretchy quality and washed look of old american sweatshirts that can only be reproduced on a loopwheel knitting machine. unlike mass-produced sweatshirts, the real mccoy’s use different yarns across the layers of the sweat to achieve the optimal finish, density and comfort.
- color: 165 shamrock
- style: mc23117
- 100% cotton
- 10oz loopwheel cotton fabric
- the shamrock team design to the front is crafted from felted wool.
- felted patches
- drawstring hood
- cotton sewing thread construction
- made in japan on vintage tsuriami-ki machines
thomas is 180cm tall, weighs 72kg and wears size m
write us (info@stuf-f.com) if you have questions about fit | sizing | washing.