Supreme x Champion Color Blocked Pullover
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Champion
Champion Reverse Weave Colorblock Pullover Hoodie (S3370)
About the original
The Champion Reverse Weave Colorblock Pullover Hoodie (style S3370) is built on the Reverse Weave platform Champion patented in 1938, in which the fleece body is cut cross-grain to reduce vertical shrinkage and reinforced with ribbed side panels. Champion was founded in Rochester, New York in 1919 as the Knickerbocker Knitting Company and has outfitted U.S. collegiate athletics since the 1930s. The standard S3370 colorblock is a cotton-rich 12 oz fleece pullover with a split body in oxford grey, navy, and scarlet, a cotton-tie hood, and a kangaroo pocket. The Supreme SS14 collaboration used the same Reverse Weave colorblock construction with a Champion chenille chest patch and a Supreme embroidery at the lower front.
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.
