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Suits are out and sweatpants are in: Corona's lasting affect on workwear

Suits and tailored shirts are out, sweatpants and pajamas are in: remote working is changing work clothes habits, and while vaccines may bring back some formality, old-school office attire should emerge from the pandemic far less starched and strict. "For the last year, everybody has just been dressed from the waist up, wearing a nice short for...

19 Feb 2021

Retail

American workwear brand Carhartt launches European e-commerce

Carhartt, the American workwear brand founded in 1889, is launching an online shop for consumers based in the European Union. The website is available in English, Dutch and German, but more languages will follow in the future. “We’re very proud to bring the brand American workers have relied on for nearly 130 years to Europe’s blue-collar men...

28 Nov 2018

Fashion

Cordura and Carhartt launch workwear collection

The durable fabric retailer Cordura has joined forces with the workwear brand Carhartt for the Full Swing Steel line. The collection was developed following an extensive consumer insight study and offers durable work items including the Men’s Full Swing Steel Jacket, Steel Cargo Pant, Steel Double Front Pant and Steel Multi-Pocket Pant. The...

21 Jul 2018

Fashion

Why do fashion designers dress themselves in uniforms?

What does Giorgio Armani have in common with Steve Jobs, Karl Lagerfeld with Mark Zuckerberg, Anna Wintour with Mother Teresa? They are associated with wearing an instantly recognizable daily uniform. Jobs and Zuckerberg might be said to dress for the technology industry, Mother Teresa had little time for trends, but fashion designers and...

21 Apr 2017

Fashion |OVERVIEW

Lidewij Edelkoort’s Labour of Love: Rethinking work and clothing

“After ‘Anti-Fashion’ and the ‘Emancipation of Everything’ it comes down to the clothes. And it is all just about the clothes, then it has to be the starting point of us finding new ideas within clothing,” said trend forecaster and futurist Lidewij Edelkoort in her new trend presentation ‘Labour of Love’, in which the clothing of the working man...

7 Apr 2016

Video

Dr Martens fashion collection

Dr Martens, the iconic original worker's boot company, has forayed into the world of fashion with its first collection. With a nod to grunge and punk, the collection is fashionable 90s, with masculine shirts and checked shirtdresses for ladies, and striped t-shirts and button-downs for men. Prices range from £30 - £70, with the range going on...

2 May 2011

Fashion

Syscom free IT Clinic

Specialist software provider Syscom PLC will be offering a free IT and Software Clinic at the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show on 1st and 2nd April 2009. The event, held at Birmingham’s NEC, is dedicated to the work wear, corporate clothing and personal protective equipment industry and is set to attract suppliers and major brands. Visitors...

28 Feb 2009

Fashion

Workwear at Pitti Immagine Uomo

For its 75th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the Italian fashion trade fair will present the exhibition 'Workwear'. Curated by Olivier Saillard and Oliviero Toscani, the showcase will open on 13th January 2009 at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence. Workwear will present clothing, accessories, images and sound installations of both the fashion and...

5 Nov 2008