From the stands to the streets

The varsity letterman jacket started in 1865 at Harvard, given to baseball players who lettered in their sport. Wool body, leather sleeves, a giant chenille letter on the chest. It said: I earned this.

A century and a half later, the jacket has outgrown the locker room. Hip-hop adopted it in the 90s. Streetwear ran with it through the 2000s. Today it’s worn by fans who never played a down — and that’s the point. The jacket doesn’t have to mean you played. It can mean you showed up. Every Sunday. For decades. For a team that may have broken your heart more often than not.

That’s a kind of letter, too.

Our hooded letterman jacket carries the same silhouette as the original — the contrast sleeves, the snap closure, the embroidered patch — and adds a hood for the modern fan who walks home from the bar in November. Add your name. Pick your team. Earn it the long way.