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Birdie Crewneck Sweatshirt - Heather Gray

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Birdie Crewneck Sweatshirt - Heather Gray

Carrie Birdwell Mann

Santa Ana, CA

Price

$80.00

About this piece

9oz. cotton relaxed fit sweatshirt with screen-print graphic. Pre-washed for a vintage look and feel. Materials :  9oz.,  50% Cotton, 50% polyester.  Fit : Relaxed fit Construction : Printed & washed in California. Care : Machine wash warm with like colors, normal cycle only. Do not bleach. Tumble dry low. Cool iron if needed. Do not iron on the design.

About the artist

Carrie Birdwell Mann started making boardshorts on a single sewing machine in 1961 after watching surfers shred through their trunks at Newport Beach. She developed SurfNyl — a nylon fabric tough enough to survive reef contact — and added a flat-front waist with a metal buckle that became the brand's signature. Sixty years later, the factory in Santa Ana still sews every pair by hand. No overseas production, no fast fashion, no compromise.

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