The quarter zip should be one of the easiest things a man can wear. Smarter than a crewneck, more relaxed than a collared shirt, useful across a range of situations where you need to look like you made an effort without looking like you tried too hard. The problem is that most of them are terrible. Either the zip pull is cheap and rattles against itself, the collar collapses the second you open it up, or the fabric is that thin synthetic blend that pills after four washes and looks worse every time. We have been looking specifically for the ones that avoid all of that. Good weight cotton or a proper cotton and wool mix, a collar that holds its shape open or closed, and proportions that work over a shirt as well as on their own. Nothing athletic, nothing trying to look athletic. These are quarter zips that belong in a real wardrobe and look better the more you wear them.