In summer, the temperature rises, and it becomes easier to wear clothes, but wearing only one short sleeve may inevitably feel too boring, so how can you wear it cool and have a sense of style? Harm! Wear overalls!
Today's trends are diverse, from street and subculture to haute couture, and the definition of "fashion" is constantly changing. But tooling has always maintained a certain status in the trend circle, and even from the local factories of the civilian class, it has stepped onto the show of haute couture, derived into a cultural synonym, and has stood tall under the big wave of fashion.
You see! The interpretation of workwear on celebrities is even more common, no, in the "Creation Camp 2020" just broadcast last week, Lu Han wore such a futuristic silver overall, integrating a sense of function, with a bright orange vest, super sacky!
There is also Wang Yuan's overalls in "Long Live Youth" layered with a short-sleeved shirt, showing off the sincere blood of the teenager, plus the shape of the small back is really cocoa!
However, when it comes to workwear, everyone will immediately think of WTAPS, Neighborhood, Dickies and other brands full of tooling elements. But at best, they can only be said to have a tooling style, and to talk about the real originator of tooling, I am afraid that you have to start with Carhartt.
In the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, workers often damaged their clothes due to work, so durable and comfortable work clothes came into being.
Of course, the workwear fabrics required by workers in different industries must be different, for example, construction workers often wear wearable fabrics such as canvas and tannins.
Therefore, workwear has also derived many different styles and matching styles, but the most common at that time is denim workwear, and tannins have become a representative color of "blue-collar" workers.
In 1889, Hamilton Carhart's eponymous brand Carhartt was born in the American industrial automobile city of Detroit, and the company's initial canvas Duck Canvas workwear was thick and breathable, so it was also favored by the majority of American workers.
At that time, the name of this canvas fabric sounded very much like the English "Duck", so in order to commemorate this fabric, Carhartt used the image of the duck as one of the logos, and until now the brand will use the duck logo from time to time, and the color of this fabric has also become Carhartt's most classic color - Hamilton Brown.
Later, on the occasion of the brand's 100th anniversary, Edwin Faeh, the head of the brand from Sweden, introduced Carhartt's American toolwear culture to Europe and Asia with the concept of All American Concept.
However, Carhartt's clothing fit was not very friendly to Asian bodies at the time, so in 1994 Edwin officially established the now more widely known brand branch Carhartt WIP.
Compared with the main line Carhart, the WIP branch line is targeted at a new generation of young people who like street subculture, because Edwin is very forward-looking and believes that hip-hop music and other street culture will become the mainstream trend in the future.
Therefore, the shape of WIP clothes has also introduced more trendy elements such as street, military, outdoor and so on, and slowly resonated with a large number of young people.
Nowadays, it is deeply loved by Fujiwara Hiroshi, Takizawa Shinsuke, Kiyonaga Hiroshimi and other hipsters, and A.P.C. , Junya Watanabe, WTAPS and other brands of cooperation and co-branding are also innumerable. So for friends who like to wear overalls, there must be a Carhartt WIP in the wardrobe.
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If Carhartt WIP, the originator of toolwear, won the favor of both the East and West Coasts of the United States, then Dickies is also a brand that occupies a small part of the tooling culture.
Although in OG's impression of Dickies' most classic is the short-sleeved T-shirt printed with the logo, as early as a hundred years ago, Dickies was one of the largest workwear manufacturers in the United States and even the world, not only developed the classic "blended durable fabric", but even the supplier of US military uniforms during World War II.
So later, with the continuous development of the brand, the audience of Dickies gradually spread from the working class to other levels, and at the same time, more silhouette changes began to be tried in the shape, and the colors began to be more diverse and vibrant.
So Dickies can be said to have captured a large number of subculture young people with approachable prices, solid and durable workwear, and street personality style, who wear Diekies' cargo pants, skateboard on the West Coast, and weave through the streets.
Nowadays, workwear is no longer a simple workwear under pragmatism, but more combined with different fashion styles at present, including functional, military, street and other elements. Designers from major brands such as Kiko Kostadinov and Samuel Ross of A-COLD-WALL* OFTEN INCORPORATE TOOLING ELEMENTS INTO THEIR OWN BRAND DESIGNS.
Kiko Kostadinov
As a result, in recent years, workwear styles have become more diverse and inclusive, such as A-COLD-WALL*, founded in 15 years, which often draws inspiration from the lives of British workers, forming the brand's unique industrial design style.
The difference is that ACW designer Samuel Ross likes to add some PVC, coated nylon and waterproof fabrics to the toolwear, and at the same time, through the splicing of the cut design, his industrial style is particularly outstanding, remember his spring and summer design of 19 years made OG shine~
So for today's workwear, there is no rigid formula for how to wear, but the outfit shared by OG below may bring you new inspiration.
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The layering of different materials is layered
In the previous article, OG has already talked about the tips of layering, so these matching methods can naturally be applied to various items.
In many fashion icon outfits, the key to success is to highlight the layered outfit, a regular short-sleeved T-shirt in the summer is boring and boring, then you can add a short-sleeved shirt with cargo pants to create the City Boy look!
In addition to the layering of styles, the layering of different materials is even more advanced, shirts or T-shirts with cargo vests, not only make summer overlays less hot, but also look better.
Bonus: The application of accessories
If you can't layer it in the summer, then accessories must definitely be used. Simple cargo pants or cargo shirts are also a good choice with a colorful fisherman's hat.
Or wear it with a colorful headband! Not only sweat absorption, but also full of street feeling.
Or a satchel full of design can also enhance the overall workwear style, don't hurry up and learn!
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The matching rule of color echo
In addition to accessories, even ordinary short-sleeved outfits can also highlight the careful thinking of dressing through color matching! For example, the choice of socks is a good match. Echoing the color of the top, paired with a cool pair of cargo shorts, who says summer outfits are still boring?
Application of stripes & check elements
Although the extremely simple summer style is not as concave as the autumn and winter shapes, the addition of classic and attractive elements can also make the overall look more detailed and reflect the style.
For example, the stripes in Carhartt WIP's official IG with Look we can learn from: simple striped short sleeves with black cargo pants, plaid shirts with tannin shorts, versatile and comfortable and sporty, for friends who are troublesome with dressing, this way of wearing is the simplest, good-looking and comfortable.
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