Description
This is the format that wins jumper competitions and loses cupboard space.
The design is printed across the whole garment rather than knitted in, which is why it looks so busy in photographs. All-over prints read as effort from ten feet away, and that is genuinely what judges respond to — a knitted robin on the chest disappears in a crowded room, a full-body scene does not. The trade-off is durability. Printed sweatshirt fabric goes bobbly and the colours flatten after a season of washing, so treat $35.99 as the price of one very good December rather than a decade of them.
It is also warmer than it looks. Sweatshirt-weight fabric plus a heated function room is a bad combination if you are on your feet all evening.
Worth knowing
- Printed, not knitted — expect one strong season, not ten
- Listed for both men and women, so check the chest measurement rather than trusting the letter size
- Best in bright rooms and photos; the detail is wasted in a dim pub
- Wash cold and inside out if you want the print to survive January
If you are weighing this against a proper knit, our guide to knitted or printed Christmas jumpers lays out which one actually lasts.
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