A former CEO of bike and skater clothing companies like Chrome and Freebord Manufacturing, the 44-year-old Winthrop has started American Giant with a simple first goal: to make the perfect hoodie.

Quality and fit: that sums up American Giant, a small company from San Francisco. As of now, the brand only sells a variety of affordable, long-lasting basic sweatshirt styles, all handmade in America ...

getty images American style from all across the spectrum ... Their working-class counterparts took to the five-pocket jeans, white T-shirts, and leather motorcycle jackets that Marlon Brando ...

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Take a moment to think about clothing — items, looks, brands — that are recognisably, classically American ...