Carhartt

The Carhartt Inc. is an American clothing manufacturer.

History

Carhartt was founded in 1889 in the USA by Hamilton Carhartt. Over time, Carhartt has grown by manufacturing durable products become one of the most popular brands for workwear. Initially, the production was limited largely to North America.

In Europe, the brand was divided into two areas. " Carhartt Work Wear " the classic workwear markets on the one in the American model. On the other hand in " Carhartt Work in Progress". The European licensee is also less strongly influenced by the rugged work clothing, but especially appeals to the youthful skaters, BMX and hip- hop scene. So there is in European trend shops mainly T -shirts, baggy jeans to buy sweaters and skateboards. Through targeted sponsorship, Carhartt Europe also has a reputation acquired in the audience of electronic music - the readers of the magazine De: Bug chose the brand in 2005 and in previous years, the most popular fashion label.

Carhartt also offers numerous accessories, including belts, bags, wallets, beanies and socks. For the production of these products a total of 150 workers are working in the European offices in Ommen (Netherlands) and in the textile factory in Poland.

In addition, Carhartt WIP brought to the end of 2009 several times a year, the magazine Rugged out. The English Image Magazine covers the core topics Fashion, Music, Art, BMX, skateboarding and computer games and is available for free in almost all Carhartt stores in Europe, Japan and Australia.

Since the European launch in 1994 the exclusive distributor of Carhartt products carried here by the "Work In Progress Textile GmbH" based in Weil am Rhein.