Essentials 1977 Green Hoodie

Green sits at the outdoors end of the Essentials palette and works against every neutral in the line. 1977 is Jerry Lorenzo's birth year, and putting it across the chest turned a personal detail into the line's signature graphic. It is the piece most people picture when they search for Essentials. Heavyweight cotton fleece with a raised rubberised chest logo you can feel with a thumb, which is the detail counterfeits get wrong. This is the diffusion line rather than Fear of God main line, which is why the design language is shared but the price is not.

Fit. Cut oversized by design: wide body, dropped shoulders, slightly shorter length than the width suggests. Order your usual size for the intended look, or size down one for a closer fit.

Styling. Tonal layering is what makes Essentials look expensive: pair it with joggers a shade apart rather than matching exactly.

Care. Wash cold at 30 degrees, inside out, and air dry. Heat lifts the rubberised logo at the edges and eventually cracks it, and there is no fixing it once it goes.

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