Product Overview
The Gildan Heavy Blend full-zip hooded sweatshirt is a robust and dependable garment designed to serve as a cornerstone of a professional workwear wardrobe. Moving away from standard leisurewear, this sweatshirt is engineered with a focus on durability and tactile comfort. The unlined hood and substantial fleece construction provide immediate warmth, while the metal zipper offers a level of resilience that plastic alternatives simply cannot match.
Key Features
- Air Jet Yarn: This specific manufacturing process results in a softer feel against the skin and significantly reduces pilling, ensuring the garment looks professional even after extensive wear.
- Overlapped Fabric Zip: The fabric is cleverly designed to sit across the metal zipper, providing a flat, continuous surface that is ideal for unobstructed customisation across the chest.
- Rib Cuffs and Hem with Elastane: The inclusion of elastane in the ribbing ensures the sweatshirt maintains its shape and provides a secure fit at the wrists and waist, preventing draughts.
- Twin-Needle Stitching: Reinforced stitching throughout the garment, particularly on the sleeves and hem, provides the structural integrity required for active work environments.
Design & Performance
Constructed from a balanced blend of 50% US cotton and 50% polyester, this sweatshirt offers the natural breathability of cotton alongside the hard-wearing properties of polyester. The interior features a soft, brushed fleece that is satisfyingly cosy, making it an excellent choice for temperature regulation in cooler climates. The set-in sleeves allow for a more structured, professional silhouette compared to standard raglan cuts, ensuring your team maintains a sharp appearance throughout the working day.
Customisation: Print & Embroidery
This sweatshirt is a versatile canvas for both print and embroidery. The overlapped fabric across the metal zipper is a specific design advantage, allowing for large, bold printed designs to be applied across the front without being interrupted by the zip. For a more traditional and prestigious look, embroidery is highly recommended for chest logos and staff names. Our expert team, based at our Telford facility since 1976, utilises high-specification machinery to ensure your branding is applied with precision and longevity in mind.
Use Cases
This garment is ideally suited for tradespeople, warehouse staff, and delivery personnel who require a warm, flexible outer layer. Its professional finish also makes it suitable for event staff and promotional teams who need to stay warm while prominently displaying company branding. Given the wide size range, it is an excellent choice for outfitting large, diverse workforces.
Why MyWorkwear
With a heritage dating back to 1976, MyWorkwear has spent decades refining the art of technical garment customisation. Operating from our specialised facility in Telford, we combine years of industry expertise with modern technology to ensure every item we produce meets our exacting standards for quality and durability.
Practical Advice
This sweatshirt is available in an inclusive size range from S to 5XL. We recommend reviewing the chest measurements to ensure a comfortable fit, particularly if the garment is to be worn over multiple base layers. The heavy-blend fabric provides significant warmth, so it is often best utilised as a mid-layer in extreme cold or as a standalone outer layer in milder conditions.
Caring for your product
To maintain the soft finish and structural integrity of the sweatshirt, it should be machine washed on a warm setting. Turning the garment inside out before washing with similar colours will protect the outer fabric and any applied customisation from abrasive contact with the washing machine drum.
It is important to use only non-chlorine bleach when required, as standard bleach will damage the polyester fibres and cause the colours to fade prematurely. When drying, a medium tumble dry setting is appropriate to restore the loft of the fleece without causing excessive shrinkage.
If your garment features print or embroidery, do not iron directly over the decorated areas. Heat from an iron can melt print transfers or damage the embroidery threads. Furthermore, this garment is not suitable for dry cleaning, as the chemicals used can degrade the fabric's specialised air jet yarn finish.
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