American Vintage | Zofbay Cropped Sweatshirt - Heather-Grey
The Zofbay sweatshirt from American Vintage is a study in considered proportion. Its defining move is a loose, cropped cut that stops deliberately short and sits off the body, drawing a clean, modern line that reads relaxed without ever looking undone. This is not casualwear left to chance — it is a silhouette engineered with intent, bringing a quiet architectural ease to something as ordinary as a sweatshirt. A rounded neckline and turned-up edges at the hem and cuffs add a finished, considered touch, anchoring the oversized shape in real design thinking rather than default slouch. The hand of the fabric is where the piece earns its keep. Worked in a cotton and polyester blend (82% cotton, 18% polyester), it has a weight that reads substantial without tipping into bulk — soft against the skin, with enough body to hold the cropped shape and drape cleanly rather than cling. The heather-grey colourway gives it a lived-in, slightly dusty finish that softens the geometry of the cut, making the piece feel worn-in from the first fitting rather than stiff off the hanger. Fit-wise, this is oversized dressing done with discipline. The body sits wide through the shoulder and chest, cropping at a length calibrated to expose a sliver of waist or to sit just above a high-rise trouser — proportion, not skin, is the point. The turned-up hem and cuffs read as a construction detail rather than an afterthought, giving the raw-edged ease of the silhouette a tailored full stop. Worn at rest, the sweatshirt has a boxy, almost architectural stillness; the shortened length keeps that volume from ever reading heavy. In movement, the cropped cut shifts with the body rather than trailing behind it — there's no excess fabric to catch or bunch, just a clean swing at the hem as the wearer moves. That makes it as easy layered over a shirt as it is worn alone, the crop doing the work of keeping the overall look sharp rather than swamped. Styling-wise, this is a wardrobe connector piece. Wear it over a fine cotton shirt for an off-duty office look, the collar and cuffs peeking out from beneath the crop. Pair it with high-waisted denim or wide-leg trousers to let the proportion do its job, or layer it under an oversized coat for cold-weather dressing that stays lean at the silhouette. It equally suits a tracksuit-adjacent moment — cropped sweatshirt, matching joggers, trainers — proof that Parisian off-duty style is really about editing volume, not adding to it. A single grey sweatshirt, worn three different ways across a week.