Funnel neck

The funnel neck collar runs taller and looser than a mock neck — typically 4 to 6 inches — and is cut wide enough at the top to fold down or scrunch rather than sit flush against the throat. It's usually knit from the same heavyweight sweatshirt fleece as the body, 9 to 12 ounces, so it has enough weight to hold a folded shape instead of standing rigid like a thinner mock collar would.

Streetwear brands use the funnel neck on hoodies and quarter-zips as a design feature on its own, sometimes with a zipper garage running up into it, which means back and chest placements have to account for a heavier, bulkier collar sitting higher than a standard crew sweatshirt. We've moved full-back designs down an inch or two on funnel-neck hoodies compared to a plain crewneck sweatshirt, since the taller collar shortens the flat back panel available before it curves into the neck.

Buyers ordering funnel-neck pieces for retail drops should expect a heavier per-unit fabric cost than a standard hooded sweatshirt and should ask whether the funnel replaces the hood entirely or sits underneath one, since both versions exist and they decorate differently.

A common mix-up is calling any tall collar a "funnel neck" when it's actually a fixed mock or cowl — the funnel's defining trait is that loose, foldable extra height, and specifying the wrong one to a supplier gets you a collar that won't scrunch the way the buyer pictured.