Michel Rouen Men's Quick-Dry Quarter Zip Sweatshirt, navy heather

The heaviest of the four quarter zips, and the one that gets worn on the drive home. A brushed performance fabric with a pin-striped heather running through it, so it reads as a jumper rather than as sports kit, and a mock neck that means you are not wearing two collars when it goes over a polo.

Nine colourways, most of them heathers and melanges, S to 3XL. The quarter zip drops far enough to open the chest and dump heat on a tee rather than just unfastening at the neck, which is the difference between a layer you leave on and one you have to take off. It washes with your shirts on the same cycle, which a cotton sweatshirt does not.

One of 4 on the quarter zips rail in the Michel Rouen selection. It also answers to quarter zips. A size letter describes the garment rather than your body, so measure your chest once and hold the figure against the chart on the buying page. If you find a figure here that disagrees with the piece in your hands, tell us: how we keep them current is set out on how we update the catalogue.