A sweatshirt with a hood, the hoodie jacket, also called a zip-up, whatever the name is, it is the in thing in fashion today. A typical characteristic design includes large frontal pockets, a hood, and a drawstring to adjust the hood opening. Sometimes worn with sweatpants, some hoodies have zippers on them to allow easy removal much like a jacket.

The hoodie became famous in the 1970s with the advent of the hip hop culture in New York City. The hoodie provided an instant anonymity that appealed to people with criminal intent and also inspired high fashion during this era. In the 70s, this fashion attire has been embraced by Norma Kamali and other high-profile designers who glamorized this new clothing that even lead to its appearance in Silvester Stallon’s blockbuster film Rocky. The hoodie, over the decades has evolved into a symbol of isolation, a statement of academic spirit, and several fashion collections.

Hoodie is almost a tradition for young skateboarders and surfers across the western United States, especially in California and ultimately, this popularity lead to the introduction of hoodies with several university logos. Even top fashion brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Giorgio Armani, and Ralph Lauren, launched many hoodie collections in the 1990s. In May 2005, Morrck, run by 'Mum-preneurs', went a step ahead and introduced something called a "Baby Hoodie", which was an infant wrap. Towards the late 2000's and 2010's, the hoodie has become increasingly popular with youths in Australia as well. 

In places where the winter weather is rough like in the North America, hoodies are worn by many people in casually for warmth and protection against the cold wind. Many colleges and universities in America and Canada create their own hoodies with their school name across the chest or back. Hoodies are a common dress for outside exercises such as jogging and running.
Hoodies also have been the subject of much criticism and are often perceived to be worn by people with criminal intent as people may use the hood to conceal their identities from CCTV cameras. A hoodie worn with a baseball cap, has become a trademark of "chavs", or Neds.

 A shopping centre in Kent, UK, called the Bluewater  launched a code of conduct for the shoppers which banned then from wearing hoodies and baseball caps and this has even resulted in an outrage amongst youth. The then Prime Minister of UK, Tony Blair has supported this by stating that he would clamp down the anti-social behavior with which hoodie wearers are sometimes associated. This resulted in save the Hoodie" campaign and even Lady Sovereignm a London based rapper came out with single titled "Hoodie" in support of this campaign.

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