Carhartt’s commitment to workwear has been undefeated since the beginning, even when the European-born Work in Progress label was inaugurated, where the working class belongings have been juxtaposed with contemporary streetwear sense, elevating some workwear staples like the Single Knee pant to a transversal piece of clothes ever-present in any social and subcultural environments. Read more…
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The Single Knee pant is born as a counterpart of its hard labor Carhartt Double Knee iteration, which is characterized, as the name suggests, by a doubled-up reinforcement on the knee area, providing durability and protection for tasks requiring frequent kneeling. Resulting of over a century of experience as a workwear supplier, Carhartt WIP converts its barely undefeated workwear staples into common daily-use garments, using rugged fabrics and reinforced stitches for its work pants. Some other goods from the Midwest workwear institution passed to history for their cross-utilization till becoming recognized streetwear pieces, like the celebrated Chore Jacket, became the work jacket standings above the others. Single Knee pants have the same role. The loose fit, the hammer loop, and long-standing fabrics were utility-driven features that overflown in daily use clothing till being fetishized by workwear and Americana clothing collectors. Carhartt pants’ popularity gained worldwide recognition till the launch of a European branch, the Work in Progress label, to satisfy the increasing demand of overseas enthusiasts, and the Single Knee, alongside the Double Knee, became a synonym for carpenter pants, and a benchmark for any streetwear label, up to the highest fashion system levels.