Brighton Base Layer

Tracksmith was founded in Boston in 2014 by Matt Taylor — a Yale track alumnus and former Head of Running at Puma — and Luke Scheybeler, co-founder of Rapha. The premise was simple and stubborn: the amateur Runner, the post-collegiate competitor, the sub-3 marathoner with a day job, had been forgotten by a sport that only sold to pros and beginners. The debut collection in 2014 was two pieces, the Van Cortlandt Singlet and Van Cortlandt Shorts, and a decade on the Van Cortlandt fabric is still the racing line, the Cornell-derived diagonal sash is still the mark of a scoring athlete, and the hare — drawn by British illustrator Gary Chalk and named Eliot after Boston's legendary runners' bar — is still embroidered at the chest. Boston-born, Ivy-sashed, published in its own quarterly magazine (METER), and honoring the Amateur Spirit upon which the sport was founded.

The Brighton is Tracksmith's winter Runner — an engineered merino mesh in 52% wool, Woolmark-certified, with an open knit through the core for breathability and a closed knit through the sleeves for warmth. Offset neck seam so it disappears under a jacket collar, thumb loops to bridge the gap to a glove, embroidered hare at the chest. Named for Brighton, where the Charles bends cold in January. A base layer on its own in shoulder season, and the first layer under a shell when the temperature drops. Offered in Ivory and Navy. Woolmark certification is rare on this side of the technical apparel world, and the open-knit-core / closed-knit-sleeve construction is a genuine fabric-engineering point, not marketing language.