Clothing brand · United States
Carhartt
Workwear that became an icon of streetwear and working-class culture.
Founding, year 1889
Themes: work, durability, streetwear, authenticity.
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The origin
What the date says
- Milestone
- Founding
- What happened
- Hamilton Carhartt founded his workwear factory in Detroit in 1889 with a single sewing machine and two employees.
- Year
- 1889
- Source
- Historical documentation
- Note
- Founded in 1889 by Hamilton Carhartt in Detroit.
Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.
Keep in mind
Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.