Earn Your Stripes Hoodie and T-Shirt
Stripes are not given, they are earned
A collab with DTS for the ones chasing one percent better every day, body and mind. Wear it and you have shown you are willing to do the work.
Pick your piece
Two garments in two colours, plus the flag. Choose your size on the product page.
One percent better, every single day
The design shows a soldier and a civilian side by side, because the road into a uniform is walked, trained and earned rather than handed over. Nobody starts out ready.
It was made together with DTS, which stands for DefensieTrainingSchema: the training programme built for people preparing for selection.
The work happens before anyone is watching
Selection is a few days long and the preparation is a few years. Everything that decides the outcome happens well before anyone shows up: the runs in bad weather, the sessions nobody knew about, the discipline of doing it again on a day when it would be entirely reasonable not to.
That is the idea behind the design and behind DTS. One percent better, every day, in a direction that only makes sense if you keep going for a long time. It applies to people training for a uniform and to everyone else chasing something that takes years.
Selection is a few days. The preparation is a few years.
It gets worn by people in that preparation, by the ones who came out the other side, and by everyone who simply likes being reminded what it takes.
Same fabric and cut under Set the Standard and Light Infantry, so sizing carries over one to one.
The specifics
- Hoodie
- 50% Cotton / 50% Polyester Brushed Fleece 270 gsm. This hoodie is true to size. It has a slightly baggy fit at the arms. Our model is 187cm and wears XL.
- T-shirt
- 100% Cotton. (Sports Grey: 90% Cotton / 10% Viscose) 200 gsm. Regular-fit. Our model is 185cm and wears size L. When in doubt between two sizes we recommend taking the larger size.
- Sizes
- XS to 3XL, in 2 colourways.
- Care
- Wash max 30°C. Wash inside out. To keep the best quality we do not recommend the tumble dryer..
- Delivery
- Around 3 to 5 working days to prepare, then a track and trace code. Worldwide, free from 75 euro.
What people ask about this one
Where is the print, on the front or the back?
The illustration sits large across the back, with only the small Trace logo on the chest at the front. The flag carries the same drawing, 90 by 150 centimetres.
Which colours and sizes does it come in?
The hoodie comes in black, olive. The t-shirt comes in black, olive. Sizes run from XS up to 3XL. The flag measures 90 by 150 centimetres.
What is DTS?
DefensieTrainingSchema, a training programme for people preparing for military selection. This design was made together with them, which is why it is about the preparation rather than the result.
Built to do the work
The hoodie is a 270 gsm brushed fleece and the t-shirt is 200 gsm cotton. Thick, warm and built for daily wear, in the gym, on the range or off duty, rather than for one season.
Thirty degrees, inside out, no tumble dryer.
4.7 out of 5
37 reviews on this design
Founded by a sniper
Made for those who serve
Worldwide shipping
Free over €75
2 colourways
Plus the flag for the wall
Worn by the ones doing the work
4.7 out of 5 across 37 reviews on the Earn Your Stripes pieces.