My Carhartt Overalls Define Me—And I’m OK With That

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My mom asks me what I want for my birthday and Christmas every year. It’s rare for my mom to buy me a blind gift—not because she doesn’t want to make her way through crowds of unhinged last-minute Bloomingdale’s shoppers, but because I’m her “pickiest” kid. I’d disagree by saying my style changes as often as I change my underwear, and I know my mom doesn’t want to spend money on something with an expiration date. So, for Christmas 2022, I sent my mom an Amazon link to a pair of Carhartt overalls. Without question, she hit “order” and crossed my name off her list. It’s still hard to tell if I was on her naughty or nice list that year—I think it’s the former—but either way, I entered the new year with a new pair of overalls that would quickly become my favorite piece in my closet for the foreseeable future.

Before my first pair of Carhartt overalls, I didn’t know much about the brand. After some research, I learned that Carhartt & Company has been around for over 100 years and has a long line of family history embedded into every stitch—which made me love my new overalls even more. The brand’s founder, Hamilton Carhartt, introduced the Original Denim Bib Overalls in the late 1800s and pioneered the workwear game by suiting the needs of the everyday railroad worker through quality materials. Fun fact: Carhartt & Company offered seven manufacturing facilities to the government to create uniforms during World War I, and during World War II, they made uniforms for soldiers, marines, and women entering the workforce—could Carhartt be the reason I love a man in uniform?

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