In Carhartt we trust. But if you come around here often, you know that already. We wait all year to wear our beloved Detroit jacket like a badge of honor as we try to look like an off-duty celebrity.

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Carhartt started making overalls in the 1880s; now they do a good line in under-the-radar cool. Credit: Photo: Carhartt For anyone North American and working class, Carhartt is a name as stolidly ...