Longer reads

Five pieces on what comes up most: sizing, washing fleece, choosing between wide leg and barrel leg, buying water shoes, and building a small lounge wardrobe that holds together.

Size guide

ATHMILE size guide: read the chart, not the selector

The brand puts a warning in capitals inside its own product bullets on listing after listing. This is what it means and how to act on it.

Fabric care

Washing fleece, knits and cheap cotton so they survive a year

Most of what goes wrong with a fifteen dollar sweatshirt happens in the dryer. Five habits that cost nothing and add a season.

Sweatpant cuts

Wide leg, barrel, flare or straight: picking a sweatpant cut

Four shapes run through this catalog and they behave differently on the body. What each one does, and who it works for.

Water shoes

Aqua socks: sizing down, sole thickness and where they give up

Five of the six footwear listings here are water shoes. They cost between six and twenty dollars and the difference between the good and bad experience is mostly fit.

Lounge capsule

Nine pieces that make a lounge wardrobe hold together

A working set built from this catalog for under a hundred and fifty dollars, and the logic behind each slot.