Product Overview
The Fruit of the Loom Women's lightweight raglan sweatshirt is a meticulously engineered garment designed for professionals who require a sophisticated alternative to heavy-duty outerwear. Constructed from a lightweight unbrushed fleece, also known as French Terry, this sweatshirt offers a streamlined profile that is ideal for indoor environments or as a technical layering piece. The design features shaped side seams specifically tailored for a feminine fit, ensuring the wearer maintains a professional silhouette without the bulk associated with traditional unisex sweatshirts.
Key Features
- Lightweight unbrushed fleece: The interior of the fabric remains unbrushed, providing a smooth finish that is breathable and prevents overheating during active shifts.
- Raglan sleeves: The sleeve construction extends in one piece fully to the collar, providing a greater range of motion and removing seams from the top of the shoulder to prevent irritation.
- Shaped side seams: These seams are contoured to provide a feminine fit, ensuring the garment looks smart and avoids a boxy, ill-fitting appearance.
- Cotton/Lycra ribbing: The integration of Lycra into the neck, waist, and cuffs ensures these high-wear areas retain their shape and elasticity throughout the working day.
Design & Performance
This sweatshirt is crafted from a durable blend of 80% cotton and 20% polyester. A significant technical advantage of this garment is its 100% cotton face. This provides an exceptionally smooth surface that is essential for achieving high-definition results in customisation. By using a pure cotton face, the fabric prevents the synthetic fibers from interfering with the finish, ensuring that your company branding looks sharp and professional.
The lightweight nature of the French Terry fabric makes it a versatile choice for year-round wear. It provides just enough warmth for climate-controlled environments while remaining thin enough to be worn comfortably under jackets or high-visibility gear. This balance of performance and aesthetics makes it a reliable staple for any professional uniform.
Customisation: Print & Embroidery
The smooth 100% cotton face of this sweatshirt makes it an excellent candidate for both print and embroidery. For businesses looking for a traditional, high-end finish, embroidery is highly recommended for logos and staff names. The stable weave of the fabric supports dense stitch counts, ensuring your branding remains intact through frequent laundering.
For larger, more vibrant designs or promotional messaging, printing is an effective alternative. The flat surface of the lightweight fleece allows for precise ink adhesion and clarity. Our in-house team at MyWorkwear has been perfecting these techniques since 1976 at our Telford facility, ensuring that every garment we produce meets the high standards your business expects.
Use Cases
This garment is perfectly suited for customer-facing roles in retail, hospitality, and corporate environments where a tidy, uniform appearance is paramount. It is also an excellent choice for logistics and light industrial work where staff are active and require a garment that offers flexibility and breathability without the weight of a standard fleece.
Why MyWorkwear
Established in 1976, MyWorkwear has decades of experience in providing high-quality, customised clothing to businesses across the UK. Based in Telford, our expertise in both embroidery and print allows us to deliver professional results that help your team stand out. We understand the technical requirements of workwear, ensuring that every item we supply is fit for purpose and built to last.
Practical Advice
The Women's lightweight raglan sweatshirt is available in sizes XS to 2XL, corresponding to UK sizes 8 through 18. As this garment features shaped side seams for a feminine fit, it is more form-fitting than standard unisex alternatives. If your staff prefer a more relaxed or loose fit for physical tasks, we recommend reviewing the size guide or opting for one size larger than their typical measurement.
Caring for your product
To ensure the longevity of your sweatshirt and the preservation of your custom branding, proper maintenance is essential. We recommend a warm machine wash to effectively remove contaminants while protecting the fabric's fibres. Avoiding bleach is critical, as harsh chemicals will weaken the fabric and cause the colours and your logo to fade prematurely.
The garment is suitable for tumble drying, though we advise using a moderate heat setting to minimise the risk of shrinkage. When ironing, use a cool setting and ensure you do not iron directly over any printed elements, as the heat can damage the design. Finally, avoid dry cleaning, as the chemicals involved can degrade the Lycra ribbing and affect the adhesion of custom prints.
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