Supreme x Champion Puffy Jacket
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Champion
Puffy Jacket (Supreme exclusive make-up)
About the original
The Champion Puffy Jacket is a water-resistant polyester shell with quilted synthetic fill and a contrast black hood, produced as a Supreme make-up by Champion Athletic Apparel for Fall/Winter 2015. Champion was founded in 1919 in Rochester, New York, as Knickerbocker Knitting Mills by the Feinbloom family, and applied for a Reverse Weave patent in 1938 (granted 1952). The company supplied every on-court NBA uniform from the 1990-91 through 1996-97 seasons before the league split licensing across multiple brands. The jacket is detailed with Champion's outsized script C appliqué in white tackle twill at the front chest and a Supreme spellout across the back, both original to the collaboration. It released in red, black, and blue colorways at $198, part of Supreme's Week 14 drop on November 19, 2015.
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.
