Los Angeles Apparel RFK47GD - Cotton Raglan Short Sleeve Cropped Sweater

We've taken the usually sporty shape of the raglan sleeve and elevated it. This sweater ends a bit past the belly button so you can wear it tucked in or out and can be layered as a cardigan or worn on its own. Try it with our Baby Rib tees and tanks or jeans for a classic look or go flirty with it more unbuttoned to show a little skin. This item is a garment dye product. Garment dye items can be distinguished by “GD” at the end of their style number, and will not match piece dye items (items without “GD” at the end of their style number). To learn more about the garment dye process, please click here. Made in the USA by workers earning fair wages. Fully Fashioned is the term used to describe the process in which each garment is shaped using special stitches that make lines and loops that either shrink or grow depending on where more length is needed, similar to the process of hand knitting but done by a knitting machine for commercial purposes. During this knitting process each individual piece of the garment is knit so that it is made with no extra fabric, eliminating waste. At the end of the knitting process each piece is linked together. The linking machine requires a skilled human operator, a dying art due to skills not being passed down to new generations. The operator is in charge of manually loading all of the knitted loops onto the machine for linking, a process that takes a lot of time and patience. Labor costs are higher but yarn wastage is low and each garment emulates the craft process of a hand knit garment. Being in LA , where rents and wages are much higher than overseas competitors has resulted in the dwindling workforce of the domestic knitting industry. We hope that with your purchase of our fully fashioned knit pieces that we can continue to support this art domestically. • Made in Los Angeles, Calif. • 100% Shrink Free Garment dye Cotton