Supreme x Champion 3D Metallic Crewneck
Supreme vs. Original
Original — Champion
Reverse Weave Crewneck Sweatshirt
About the original
Champion was founded in 1919 in Rochester, New York by Abe and Bill Feinbloom, and introduced Reverse Weave construction in 1952, a cross-grain cut that resists vertical shrinkage and made the Champion crewneck a college-athletics staple for seventy years. The FW18 collab is a heavyweight cotton-polyester crewneck with an embroidered 3D metallic "Supreme" script at the chest and a woven Champion label at the lower front; it released September 27, 2018 in black, navy, red, and heather grey at $148. The standard Champion Reverse Weave crewneck uses the same 12 oz. fleece and cross-grain construction and sells for around $60.
About Champion
Champion is an American sportswear company founded in 1919 by Simon Feinbloom and his sons William and Abraham in Rochester, New York, originally as Knickerbocker Knitting Mills. The company supplied athletic uniforms to the University of Michigan in the 1920s and to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point shortly after. Champion developed the reverse-weave sweatshirt in 1938, a construction that runs the fabric crosswise to limit shrinkage, and produced the first hooded sweatshirts for cold-weather laborers and athletes. HanesBrands has owned the label since 2006. Supreme has collaborated with Champion on co-branded hoodies, crewnecks, and sweatpants since the early 2000s.
