This classic Kente men’s hooded sweatshirt is the perfect piece for layering. Not only is it stylish, but it makes a great winter warmer too. Featuring iconic, colourful Kente fabric applique on chest and pockets and hood, the high quality sweater is sure to turn heads wherever you go.
The green sweatshirt is not only essential and versatile boho streetwear attire, but a strong and stylish Afrocentric symbol.
Design features:
- True to fit & size.
- Air jet yarn for a softer feel and reduced pilling
- Twin-lined hood with colour-matched drawcord
- Colourful Kente fabric applique to chest and pocket
- Twin needle stitching at shoulder, armhole, neck, waistband and cuffs
- Roomy Pouch pocket on front
- 1 x 1 rib with spandex
- Quarter-turned to eliminate centre crease
- Weight 271g/m² (257g/m² White)
- 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester
Care Instructions
Wash inside out, with like colours. Only non-chlorine bleach. Tumble dry medium. Do not dry clean
| Size | S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL | 4XL | 5XL |
| Chest To Fit | 34-36 | 38-40 | 42-44 | 46-48 | 50-52 | 54-56 | 58-60 | 62-64 |
Fabric Inspiration
According to Ashanti legend, two farmers, Krugu Amoaya and Watah Kraban, from the village of Bonwire, came across a spider, Ananse, spinning a web. Amazed by the web’s beauty, the farmers returned to their homes eager to try and recreate the web. They wove a cloth first from white, and then black and white fibres from a raffia tree. They then presented their cloth to the Ashanti Asantehene, or king, Nana Osei Tutu. Fast forward to today, Kente is one of the prominent symb
ols of African arts and culture and has been embraced by the broader African diaspora.
In Asante, Kente cloth is known as nwentoma or “woven cloth”. The actual name kente comes from the word kenten which means “basket” since, originally, the cloth was constructed with fibre from palm fronds. Strips are woven on a strap loom as seen below:
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The arrangement of pattern and colour is key and is predetermined and thought about by the weaver whilst in construction. The woven kente strips average about 4 inches in width each with unique pattern repetition and colours:
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The strips are then painstakingly stitched together to make yards of beautiful Kente cloth.
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