“84” Cropped Sweat Set

A cropped sweatshirt with a distressed 84 across the chest and wide-leg joggers cut high at the waist to meet it. Worn together they look planned; worn apart, neither piece gives away that it came from a set.

Sets are easy to sell and hard to buy well, because the two halves usually only work together. The crop ends at the natural waist here, so the sweatshirt goes with jeans and the joggers go with anything.

The fabric

A soft breathable sweat fabric with enough weight to hang rather than cling, brushed on the inside. The graphic is printed with a deliberate distress to it rather than a crisp transfer, which is what stops it looking like merchandise.

How it fits

One size. Top: chest 42–50 inches, length 17 inches. Trousers: waist 21–34 inches, rise 16 inches, elasticated. The crop is cut to meet a high waist, which is what keeps the proportion right — worn over a low-rise trouser it will look like a mistake.

Looking after it

Cold machine wash and hang to dry. It presses easily if you want the seams crisp; a warm iron on the reverse is enough. Wash it with like colours for the first few goes.

Among cute clothes sets this is the one that gets worn to the shop and then to brunch, and the comfy cute clothes benchmark for anyone who has decided tracksuits should look like something.