You will find these exclusive collaboration projects - as well as the largest selection of Carhartt WIP clothing and accessories - in the official Carhartt Work in Progress Online Shop.ġ855 - Hamilton Carhartt is born in Macedon Locks, New York.ġ889 - With only four sewing machines and five employees, Hamilton Carhartt begins to manufacture overalls in duck and denim, under trade union conditions.ġ910 - The Carhartt Company expands to include two cotton mills in Georgia and South Carolina, as well as factories in Detroit, Dallas and San Francisco.ġ911 - The Carhartt Automobile Corporation produces around 300 “Pleasure Cars” a year under the motto “The last word in motor construction.”ġ914 - During WWI, Carhartt produces workman uniforms for the military. Since the beginning, Carhartt WIP have built a strong, organic relationship with unknown, inspiring, provocative and upcoming figures in music and sport, becoming an iconic and well respected brand in underground scenes, from hip-hop to skate, from graffiti to cycling, as well as working with labels such as A.P.C., Neighborhood, Patta, Vans, Junya Watanabe and many more.
Founded in Europe in 1989, 100 years after Hamilton Carhartt established his business in Detroit, Carhartt WIP has been carefully adapting and modifying Carhartt's core product characteristics for a different audience of consumers who value refined design and quality while still remaining true to Carhartt's brand origins.
Carhartt Work In Progress (Carhartt WIP) forms a division of the American brand Carhartt, one of the first companies to pioneer workwear in the USA.
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