Independent Trading SS4500 - Unisex Midweight Hoodie - Maroon

The Independent Trading SS4500 is the midweight retail-positioned blank hoodie that sits between a lightweight fashion pullover and a heavy workhorse like the Gildan 18500, an 8.5 oz 80/20 cotton-polyester fleece with a 100% cotton 20-singles face, a jersey-lined hood, metal eyelets, and a standard retail fit. Independent Trading built it for the streetwear and boutique-merch market, and the finish details, the cotton-faced hand, the lined hood, the metal eyelets, are why decorators reach for it when the hoodie itself is part of the retail product rather than a basic promo body. It is the blank to pick when the buyer is paying for a garment that looks and feels like retail, not the lowest unit cost.

The 100% cotton face is the printability detail that separates the SS4500 from a 50/50 fleece like the Gildan 18500, and it is the reason it prints the way it does. Even though the fleece interior is an 80/20 blend, the outer print surface on the solid colours is 100% cotton, so screen-printed ink and DTG sit on a cotton ground and hold detail and vibrancy more like a cotton tee than a poly-faced fleece, with less of the dulling you get printing onto a 50/50 face. The catch is the colourway, and here the SS4500 is not one substrate but four: solids and camo are 80/20, Earth Tone colours are 70/30, Grey Heather is 75/25, and the other heather, Safety, and Neon colours jump to 55/45, where nearly half the fabric is polyester. On those 55/45 colours dye migration is a real risk on dark prints, so screen print a low-bleed poly-blocking underbase and cure at the lower end of the ink range; the 80/20 solids need far less blocking. For DTG, the cotton face takes pre-treatment and ink well on the 80/20 solids, which is uncommon for a heavy fleece and a genuine advantage of this blank; treat the high-poly heathers with more care. For DTF, the fleece bonds cleanly with transfer adhesives and the midweight body stays stable through the press cycle. For embroidery, the 8.5 oz fleece is a solid substrate for left-chest, full-front, and back placements with a cut-away backing scaled to the stitch count.

• Brand: Independent Trading Co.
• Style: SS4500 (Unisex Midweight Hooded Pullover Sweatshirt)
• Fabric: 8.5 oz 80% cotton / 20% polyester fleece with a 100% cotton 20-singles face. Earth Tone colours are 70/30; Grey Heather is 75/25; other heather, Safety, and Neon colours are 55/45 cotton/polyester
• Weight: 8.5 oz/yd2 (approx. 280 gsm)
• Construction: Split-stitch double-needle sewing on all seams. Jersey-lined hood. Front pouch pocket. Metal eyelets. Twill neck tape. 1x1 ribbing at cuffs and waistband. Tear-away label.
• Fit: Unisex, standard retail fit
• Sizes: XS-5XL
• Colors available: 40+ colours (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the case or by the piece; fleece hoodies pack fewer units per case than tees, so confirm current packing for your colour and size before a large mixed-size order
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

Independent Trading holds consistent sizing and construction across production runs, which keeps the retail fit and finish stable reorder to reorder for ongoing streetwear and boutique programs. The reorder note specific to this style: confirm which of the four blend tiers your colourway is, an 80/20 solid, a 70/30 Earth Tone, a 75/25 Grey Heather, or a 55/45 heather or Safety colour, because the underbase and cure window differ across them and the 55/45 colours need the heaviest poly-block. If a program needs a full-zip on the same body, pair the SS4500 pullover with the matching SS4500Z zip hoodie. TheClothingSpace stocks the SS4500 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

Comparing blank fleece for your decoration program? Read: Gildan 18500 vs Independent IND4000 vs Champion S700.