Buzz Rickson's Premium 1930's - 40's sweatshirts are made from 13-ounce 100% cotton, fabricated on original 1920's vintage loop-wheeling looms.

What is 4-Needle?
4-Needle looms are special machines that are able to weave a perfect tube. But they can only weave one set diameter per loom. That means the factory needs a different loom for each size - very expensive! And this is why you hardly ever see perfect tube construction in modern day garments. Even the most expensive designer sweats will usually have a side seam - sometimes two.

The tube construction ensures true shape is maintained not only during its construction but during its life of wear. It's the proper way to make a sweatshirt, and in the good old days that's the only way they were made. It's cheap and easy to make them from a flat piece of cloth, and most customers would never notice the difference, and wonder why their expensive sweatshirt seemed to lose its shape after only a few washes - but now you know.

Traditional vintage style sweatshirts of this calibre are not available from the fashion high street. With shrewd foresight of the oncoming vintage clothing market, much of the old U.S. 1920s machinery and looms were bought up by the Japanese in the 1980s when they were otherwise deemed obsolete.

These old looms, although slower, are able to produce a much higher quality cloth and one which perfectly matches the quality of those garments made from that period. For those who can appreciate such quality, these sweatshirts are sure to please.

Available in a choice of 4 shades: Heather Grey, Black, Navy & Olive.

Authentic specification includes: