130 Years of Carhartt: How Hip Hop, Unions, and the American Dream Made Carhartt Clothing a Staple
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Unions, hip hop and the American Dream might not be what you think about when lacing up a pair or Carhartt work boots. But for over 130 years, Carhartt's clothing has endured because of those factors..
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shift. on Instagram: “How Carhartt became the jacket of Hip-Hop
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Carhartt, the story of an American icon
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