Beige is doing a lot of quiet work in menswear right now and the sweatshirt is where it makes the most sense. Not because it is trendy, but because a well chosen beige sweatshirt sits neutrally against almost everything in a wardrobe and somehow makes the whole outfit look considered rather than thrown together. The problem is that most of them are either too thin to look like anything, cut in a way that adds bulk in the wrong places, or that specific shade of beige that reads as faded rather than intentional. We have been looking closely at weight, fit through the shoulder, and the exact tones that work with denim, olive trousers, and grey equally well. The ones we picked here earn their place as a foundation piece rather than an afterthought. Wear one with well fitted trousers and a decent shoe and you will be surprised how much it does with very little.