Green is having a moment in menswear and fleece is the piece where it makes the most sense. Not because anyone planned it that way, but because the earthy, muted side of the color range sits naturally alongside the outdoors heritage that fleece already carries. Olive, moss, forest, sage. These shades work with navy, with brown, with grey, with almost everything a well organized wardrobe already contains.

The problem with most fleeces is that they feel like an afterthought. Shapeless, pilling after three washes, fine for the campsite and nothing else. What we have been looking for are pieces that sit properly on the body, use a fabric weight that holds up over time, and look considered rather than accidental. A fleece that works over a henley on a cold weekend walk and under a shell jacket when the weather turns is a genuinely useful thing to own.

These are the green fleeces we think earn a permanent place in the rotation.