Carhartt
Family-owned Dearborn, Michigan workwear maker founded in Detroit in 1889.
Carhartt was founded by Hamilton Carhartt in 1889 in Detroit, Michigan, to make work clothing for manual laborers, starting with two sewing machines and five workers. Its early expansion in the 1890s centered on durable work clothes for railroad workers.
The company makes heavy-duty workwear including jackets, coats, overalls, coveralls, vests, shirts, pants, fire-resistant clothing and hunting apparel, along with women's and kids' lines. Its garments use features such as heavy-duty thread, reinforcing rivets at stress points, and flame-, abrasion-, stain- and water-resistant materials.
Carhartt remains privately held and family-owned by descendants of its founder, with headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. It operates unionized factories and distribution centers in the United States and offers a "Union-Made in USA" line. Carhartt Work in Progress (WIP) is a separate European-licensed streetwear line launched in 1994.
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