On May 31, the Wall Street Journal wrote that –
BEIGE HABILLEUR, a boutique tucked away in Paris’s tony 16th arrondissement, stocks a cosmopolitan assortment of men’s clothes including $330 mandarin-collared dress shirts from Italy’s Salvatore Piccolo and $1,400 Edward Green tassel loafers. But Beige also stocks a far humbler product: $150-ish American-made hoodies by Camber USA. (This price is marked up internationally, and Americans can find Camber hoodies for half that price.)
Camber’s hoodies are as thick as a bath mat and tender on the inside, like an old blanket that has been through the spin cycle a few dozen times. Certain fastidious fans of fleece hold them up as some of the best hoodies in the world. When Matthew Spade, 35, a social media content creator in Blackpool, England, recently embarked on a quest to find the ultimate sweatshirt, Camber’s chunky pullover won out. He specifically likes what he calls Camber’s “hood integrity.” As Mr. Spade demonstrated over a Zoom call, even when worn down, the stocky hood stacks up to his earlobes like a permanent scarf. Read more.
The Journal describes this video as “made by an excitable American.”
In actuality, the narrator seems very calm, almost to point of being hypnotic. And although he never really does explain what’s so special about Camber’s products, the video is definitely worth watching for its artsy closeups of the company’s manufacturing processes.