I've been living in Japan for the past 2 years, in the Navy on a ship, and have interacted a lot with the workers who do our ship maintenance. A few things to add to a great video. 1. The wide knee pants and the tabi boots are often only worn by guys who build scaffolding. They move very fast and run around the pipes as they build up so it makes sense. And it seems like Japan is ok with the 'steel toe' requirement being exempt for these guys. 2. The Japanese don't wear steel toe boots, instead they look like Nike sneakers, but they are all steel toed. 3. They often wear matching jackets and pants, usually dense cotton/nylon/polyester blends, or denim. 4. Cross Work is the store nearby that I've gone shopping at and they organize clothing based on the thickness of the fabric. The thinner obviously for summer, but the thicker is usually insulated or they advertise it for abrasion. 5. Affordability. Incredibly affordable. I got some dickie equivalent pants, Japan designed / Vietnam manufactured, for about $15 american dollars, and the quality is superior.
Got any brand names that ship? You look into a lot of detail of other people I work around all of those kinds of men and I couldn’t tell you what they wear jaja I’m to busy doing what I’m doing
Steel toe runner style shoes are actually blowing up all around the world. See it a tonne in warehousing and on job sites where people don't require a boot
I live in Japan and the biggest brand/store of working clothes is Workman and recently they are improving their design to appeal to more casual users, they even started a womenswear line, the prices are quite affordable and the style is not bad either, worth checking it out.
Just checked their website and they even launched a causual business line with water resistant blazers! Been years since Ive visited their stores, may worth going there again
As a german carpenter - I think Engelbert Strauss is absolutely untouched in durability and design. But I've wanted to give Carhartt a shot for a long time now if they weren't so damn expensive. Engelbert Strauss also isn't cheap, but it has become the standard here and also the clothing that most craft business companies will give you as their employee will be made by Engelbert Strauss
Quality has gone down. If you’re working hard in carhartts you’ll go through at least 4 a year. But go on about the German carpenter pants those are sick.
@@FisheyeFarms they make their products according to different jobsites. Carpenter trousers will be made different than the ones for painters, also different to highway workers etc
I’m uncertain if this applies within Germany, but in the US companies are known to give discounts to people in certain professions: Police, Firefighters, Paramedics, Military, Physicians, and some Trade Unions qualify. They give between a 10-20% discount for many such brands.
I am a wearer of workwear for uh... work. I don't pretend to be immune to fashion trends though, and I've been curious to observe workwear that gets marketed to me diverge from "workwear" ala Carhart over the last few years. I've noticed that co-workers who had been at it for longer, and usually had a higher or more diverse skillset had ditched carhart and dickies a long time ago in favor of brands like Khul, Truewerk, and Blaklader. We do seriously physical work, and these brands take inspiration from the hiking trail or ski resort more than a 200 year old mine. Lots of companies have been specializing for decades in making clothes for people who do physical activities for fun, why not take those concepts and let us use them to make money? Modern materials designed to wick sweat and allow full range of motion WITHOUT the extreme loose fit the Tobi guys swear by (I can't imagine wearing those parachute pants in my line of work). I used to wear double front Carharts--I had two pairs that I used for years. One green for building and painting theater scenery, and one black for days where I might be present during shows as well. They took a lot of abuse, eventually wearing through both knee layers, and the green covered in paint. As I left the smaller theater side of things and went more industrial (arena, bigger theaters, some construction, rope access rigging, ect), I quickly found that they were soo uncomfortable to actually work in.
Kuhl is overpriced for what you get, their thickest pants last me just a few months. Carhartt double knee denim loggers are still the most durable pants out there I've found, I wear suspenders so they feel comfortable getting physical in, which is important to me since I spend most of my day running up and down steep slopes. Curious about some of the Japanese denim.
ive worked as a cabient maker so not the most rough job, but my work wear is normally whatever i can get from goodwill cheap, theres a few brands that have lasted i will have to check what they are
The loose cut is fantastic. Yes it looks pretty extreme but they don't post pictures of the more normal looking cuts (still loose). The airflow from loose, cotton pants will keep you cooler than any plastic expensive fabric. The idea of them being a safety risk is hilarious. You know what else gets hung up on stuff at a construction site? Bib overalls, rain jackets, winter clothing, tool bags, safety harness, high vis vest. I've never heard anyone say how dangerous it would be to wear those. As well, the spandex they stuff into modern crap to make it flexible wears out and loses elasticity after 5 days of wearing it. It's a crutch clothing designers use to make up for the poor, tight cuts they pump out for work clothing for whatever reason. Probably because their customers are all unfashionable 30 somethings still wearing skinny jeans after work. Any pant with a loose top block and unrestricted legs feels way better than strapping up in expensive, european plastic bags out of some fetish video.
@onikwa agreed on everything. From someone who spends a lot of time outdoors in Dixie, it astounds me that people insist on wearing anything other than cotton or linen loose fit pants or shorts in the hotter months. Any time I’ve worn straight fit jeans against my better judgement for more than five minutes outdoors in the summer, I’ve regretted it. Feels like you’ve wrapped two damp blankets around your legs.
i wasnt aware of the workwear scalping, so when i went to find a mimic of my detroit jacket, that my dad bought me 8 years ago, in a taller size, i was hit with a $300 price tag for an $80 jacket. wtf
British/Commonwealth workwear would be neat to see, lots of fabrics that are today considered quite upper crust like moleskin, tweed, and seersucker have their origins in Commonwealth workwear.
I never wore Levi’s to work. I wore Levi’s for fashion in high school but wranglers are much better for work. I did have a Levi’s thick jacket that got stolen at work though. I preferred longlseeve dickies shirts that wick away moisture and double as a safety vest. I had some dickies coveralls too. I don’t think I’ve ever found any affordable carthart stuff that made a utilitarian impact on me. I’m sure they are fine but also cost more. Red wing boots made an impact on me though. Very expensive but worth.
I did home renovation / addition work for about 7 years and always loved my Carhartt gear. I'm a perpetually cold person, and their flannel-lined insulated work pants were absolute life-savers for me on cold days.
hard to say, on the one hand not if google catches on that he just made a video explaining that marketing to hood scum destroyed a brand, then again he might algo-escape before they notice resulting in a sseth situation
I work for a railroad up north and can confirm- Carhartt is still by far the most popular brand of workwear in my neck of the woods. Tough as hell and roomy enough to wear baselayers under. That being said- I'll be a monkeys uncle before I sport something that wears like a cardboard box around town for non reason.
Its blue collar stolen valor, and the problem with it is that, it's gentrifying workers out of the clothes they need and some times even like, an example of this is in work boots like timberland, dr marthen, red wig, daner , they tripled their price
My dad and I have been really enjoying watching your videos! I think if you even made these without the meme-edits I would still watch them. Good work!
I work forestry in Japan. We wear spike tabi boots. A little bit difficult to get used to but better traction for climbing mountains than regular boots.
Duluth trading company looks very similar to both carhart and levis, but add a whole host of functionality like underarm gussets, extra stretch crotch fits, and more pockets and loops. personal brand of choice.
When I worked manual labor, everyone got Carhartt active jacs for winter and one of the guys who used to be a mechanic gave me one of his bibs he never used since he had so many. I still have both and they’re great to use in the winter to shovel and do other work. I don’t wear either except for that but the coat used to be my main winter jacket.
The French Navy also have some very utilitarian coveralls with a fluorescent safety strip. I worked alongside them when I was a sailor. Only two spoke English 🤣
@@Hypnotically_Caucasian Speaking of navy, striped shirts/Telniashkas are great. I wear mine all the time. Of course, they were derived from French sailors.
The best part of this trend is that you can buy actual workwear for so much less, i like to wear that because i am outdoors a lot but also a bit clumsy. My pants with padding on the behind(pants for people who work in windowcleaning) saved my bum when i slipped on a mountain in Bulgaria. The amount of pockets is insane as well, i've went camping without a backpack because everything i needed for one night either fit in my pockets(including campstove) or could be clipped on my pants using carabiners.
I have had dudes ask what kind of conditioning I did to make my Carhart jacket look the way it does, I tell them I have been wearing it since 2010. One dude even offered to buy it.
As a danish welder, I wear Carhartt solely for streetwear. At work I wear Snickers or off brand. Don't see why I would get my 200 dollar pants or jacket covered in metal shavings and dust while Im on my knees in the dirt. But now that I think about it, I do wear my Wrangler boots for work sometimes.
In Germany there is also workwear that reflects (back) on fashion, Germans in general often prefer very technical and outdoor-style fits. The focus is on practicality, durability and very much safety.
I get like no fashion/streetwear vids here, but this is exactly the question I didn't know I wanted to know? It could be a full series. HATS: New Zealand vs. Ireland. PAJAMAS: Argentina vs. Turkmenistan FORMAL OUTFITS FOR CHILDREN"S PORTRAITURE (1883-1957): South Jersey vs. Tasmania
Great stuff but really carhart is just a price tag these days, might look ok but their pants can’t keep up with actual work anymore, or compare to quality of even similar American brands like Duluth.
SO IF DAVE MUSTAINE WERE TO PERHAPS WEAR THE BALLOON TROUSERS FOR RUBBER BAND MAN MACHINERY ACCIDENT WOULD HE BE BROUGHT BACK TO METALLICA AND PASSIONATELY MAKEOUT WITH LARS ULRICH UNTIL EVERYTHING IS MADE BETTER AND I GET 100K SUBS?
I hope work clothes becoming fashionable doesn't compromise their durability. Doing light work, bending over and kneeling will destroy a normal pair of jeans or slacks. Once the quality degrades to a certain point, real workers will move on to different brands that can meet their needs for less money.
It will over time, just like with North Face. I don't trust the major companies cause of that. Although I did begin buying the classic 'totally not an undercover cop' stuff from 5.11. Yea it's pricey but I've never been disappointed with quality yet.
I call bs on the loose clothing being useful for moving in and around scaffolding, I got multiple ripped FR coveralls that tore when moving thru scaffolding, wire and cables. Maybe it provides comfortability when your hot or sweating so much. Your not even supposed to have your sleeves rolled up or shirt untucked, much less have loose or baggy clothes which IS a hazard and you’d probably get sent home for the day or worse get your badge taken.
for us workers, i've used this store and similar stores to source my work gear. if you work for a construction company etc, they'll let you know where to grab your gear.
Just wondering if or when german/european workwear will become trendy. There more focused on functionality and take a place between gorpcore and american workwear fashionwise. Engelbert Strauss is the most known brand.
I would love it if the trend of workwear as fashion would pass so that prices would go back down. Some of us actually need that kind of durable clothing to.. uhh, well to work.
I kind of find it funny that people actually think it has gotten more expensive it hasn’t they just have different brands like carhart wip has skateboarding because skaters need tough clothes yeah they are expensive but they last a lot longer than supreme does. But regular carhartt is the same price it’s always been just look on there website it’s not expensive as carhartt wip and I don’t care what this guy says the fit and material is way different than regular carhartt ask anyone who knows
Go look at the catalogue from any building supplier go to clothes and there you go. Fashion isn't their business, so you'll get good stuff there usually.
I’m an apprentice electrician, but you’ll catch me in either Crye precision G3s, good ol wrangler cargos paired with my Arcteryx knee pads. And then my north face apex chromium, outdoor research allies microgravity jacket and or long sleeve shirts.
6:30 dickies pants were definitely popular for skaters before the 2010s. They sold them at places like pacsun, zoomies, and hot topic in the 2000s for sure.
I wear almost exclusively Workman, a workwear brand here in Japan. My main reason is that as a tall individual of mostly European descent living in Japan it's the only off the rack clothing that actually fits, and fits well here. I began enjoying the fashion itself after years of wearing it simply form neccessity. I usually wore goth/skater clothing previous to my emmigration. Fun Fact: Ishibashi: Ishi means "stone" and bashi, or hashi means "bridge". The company name is just the founding family's name reveresed.
Im 17 year old under heavy machinery repair and mechanics i have no issues with fashion i love fashions and how diverse they are but sometimes theres times where prices are affected with fashion trends like i cant afford 100 dollar work pants or 130 overalls it effects prices for the actual people who need and are designed for
Buy two sets of boiler suits and you're sorted. Nobody wears them for fashion, and they're all pretty good just by the simple design. My cheap one I got for 50usd lasted me 5 years.
It's getting ridiculous, I work for my local town's Public Works department, and our "Uniform" is all brown Carhart and a bright orange hoodie with the town's logo on it. I've been complimented by people at the gas station, going out for lunch, grocery store, you name it. "Bro, timbs are hype". it's always those younger hipster looking dudes too, or like those midwest emo highschooler kids. I was in line at the gas station buying some snacks and had a young dude ask me "yo dude nice fit, where'd you thrift those pants at?" It's like they've never seen a tradesman in their life.
I’m not one for fashion, especially modern fashion (ppl emulating runway looks) but I’ve always wanted Levi jeans & coats/jackets bc since a kid I’ve heard they were the best of the best bc of their durability. I’ve heard of Carhartt but I thought they were a red neck/southern brand. Prices seem extreme but it would be cool to have more durable jackets/coats. It’s like back a century ago, you could find a cobbler & tailor & their work held up bc everyone needed their expertise. And it was cheap. Now there’s less of these experienced people so the prices shot through the roof.
I find it funny that you thought of Carhartt as a southern brand, considering that where I'm from they're associated with working way up north in -40° conditions.
Don't bother with Levis. Theor workwear line isn't terrible, but their standard jeans are just rags. I've gone through 3 pairs in one year. Trust me there's better quality out there for less
Needles' HD pants, aka, Hiza Deru pants translates to 'knees-sticking-out' pants. When you look at it from the side, you can see that it is not just extremely wide but the knee area is sticking out forwardly.
Not a huge surprise in the era of fast fashion, some people (many) prefer to pay a little more for something they can wear every day and it won't fall apart.
As a 90s teen seeing the japanese construction workers running around and what is essentially jnco capri's really brings back memories. Phat pants 4 life.
All of a sudden my plan to wear workwear in normal life (durability) intersects with fashion. I recommend Snickers workwear to anyone who's looking for durable, decently affordable and comfortable clothing. Gildan makes good cheap sweatshirts that take a beating.
I just saw the thumbnail and clicked because I couldn't help but notice the brand Carhartt being put as an example of fashion working class clothes for men and women in the USA. Which I found interesting and a bit funny. See I am and live in the capital state of Durango México, over here the sewing industry for foreign companies is a big thing, because of course like any other clothing brand would do whatever to cut some production costs for profit even if that means to stablish the labour force anywhere else as long as the workers paycheck is small, which turns into making their own pockets bigger at any expense. Now Carhartt was here until last year but they where located here for decades. And I could say I am grateful for having the opportunity to get a degree and get a bit more decent job. This type of industries even though they provide jobs, they provide the ones that pay the minimum, for not saying that they would pay people even less if that wasn't illegal, the work conditions were horrible, they mostly hired elderly women and didn't threat them decently (for not saying something else), because it was well known and spread through the city that the supervisors didn't even allowed people to take bathroom breaks. But just the fact that this type of companies vision themselves as the ones 'exemplifing and fostering the working class' makes me laugh. Sure the clothes are comfy but I wouldn't wear them knowing how they are produced. And the same goes with other brands like Nike, Adidas, whatever. But at least they don't brand themselves along the same lines for 'working class people'
i think your channel is really a diamond in the rough that i was extremely lucky to come across but i do have one thing that i don't agree with. though i don't doubt the tobi pants have had an effect on japanese fashion culture, in america the sudden interest in baggy jeans(and really pants in general) stems from the nostalgia for the fashion of the early 2000s and 90's hip-hop culture which likely influenced europe's sudden obsession with baggy jeans. i don't doubt the tobi pants are fire tho n i can definitely see how people have incorporated them into today's fashion.
I am under the consensus of practicality and functionality when I wear my cloths for work hell even my day to day crap I just need something cheap and can handle me sweating as I live in Texas and we get some heat out here.
Students and terminally online, work-from-home middle class wearing their carhartt jacket to Starbucks, just to sit and write their "novel" thinking they're the next Kerouac.
Wearing full kit Carhartt to sit on r/antiwork at your wfh job is the peak of culture
If that culture is degeneracy and lack of purpose, then yeah.
Let me put my workwear on and make a video lmao
fucking caught me off guard there
my money my choice ?
@@useraccount5414true. Choosing to be a goober though
Those baggy pants and tabi combo with the Japanese construction workers is actually hard as fuck
Reminds me of the hakama pants people wear when doing kendo or in those old samurai pictures where they aren't wearing armor
It reminds me of the pants that some of the characters wear in Kingdom hearts. Namely, Sora, Riku, and Terra
Might have to cop me some with those boots too they go hard asff
Always make sure to follow safety guidelines when building scaffolding or the OSHA ninjas will get you
but only on the actual construction workers
I've been living in Japan for the past 2 years, in the Navy on a ship, and have interacted a lot with the workers who do our ship maintenance. A few things to add to a great video.
1. The wide knee pants and the tabi boots are often only worn by guys who build scaffolding. They move very fast and run around the pipes as they build up so it makes sense. And it seems like Japan is ok with the 'steel toe' requirement being exempt for these guys.
2. The Japanese don't wear steel toe boots, instead they look like Nike sneakers, but they are all steel toed.
3. They often wear matching jackets and pants, usually dense cotton/nylon/polyester blends, or denim.
4. Cross Work is the store nearby that I've gone shopping at and they organize clothing based on the thickness of the fabric. The thinner obviously for summer, but the thicker is usually insulated or they advertise it for abrasion.
5. Affordability. Incredibly affordable. I got some dickie equivalent pants, Japan designed / Vietnam manufactured, for about $15 american dollars, and the quality is superior.
Japan has a knack for making things better then the original lol
Got any brand names that ship? You look into a lot of detail of other people I work around all of those kinds of men and I couldn’t tell you what they wear jaja I’m to busy doing what I’m doing
@@lemonjuice9701 Toraichi is a popular one. Marugen, Hakata and Kaseyama are also pretty good.
Brand for the workwear pants? Wanna get some for me and unc
Steel toe runner style shoes are actually blowing up all around the world. See it a tonne in warehousing and on job sites where people don't require a boot
I live in Japan and the biggest brand/store of working clothes is Workman and recently they are improving their design to appeal to more casual users, they even started a womenswear line, the prices are quite affordable and the style is not bad either, worth checking it out.
Just checked their website and they even launched a causual business line with water resistant blazers! Been years since Ive visited their stores, may worth going there again
They don’t have a way to translate the website ?
@@wowie3000 i think the only way is to printscreen and use google translate
@@wowie3000 chrome at least usually has a way to translate the website as well
As a german carpenter - I think Engelbert Strauss is absolutely untouched in durability and design. But I've wanted to give Carhartt a shot for a long time now if they weren't so damn expensive. Engelbert Strauss also isn't cheap, but it has become the standard here and also the clothing that most craft business companies will give you as their employee will be made by Engelbert Strauss
Quality has gone down. If you’re working hard in carhartts you’ll go through at least 4 a year.
But go on about the German carpenter pants those are sick.
@@FisheyeFarms they make their products according to different jobsites. Carpenter trousers will be made different than the ones for painters, also different to highway workers etc
I’m uncertain if this applies within Germany, but in the US companies are known to give discounts to people in certain professions:
Police, Firefighters, Paramedics, Military, Physicians, and some Trade Unions qualify. They give between a 10-20% discount for many such brands.
The roofer pants look so dope, the zippers and arrow designs make them really cool, the bootcut version is also great.
@@FisheyeFarmscan't patch the knees? Or other holes? The entire pair has to be replaced 4 times a year?
I am a wearer of workwear for uh... work. I don't pretend to be immune to fashion trends though, and I've been curious to observe workwear that gets marketed to me diverge from "workwear" ala Carhart over the last few years. I've noticed that co-workers who had been at it for longer, and usually had a higher or more diverse skillset had ditched carhart and dickies a long time ago in favor of brands like Khul, Truewerk, and Blaklader. We do seriously physical work, and these brands take inspiration from the hiking trail or ski resort more than a 200 year old mine. Lots of companies have been specializing for decades in making clothes for people who do physical activities for fun, why not take those concepts and let us use them to make money? Modern materials designed to wick sweat and allow full range of motion WITHOUT the extreme loose fit the Tobi guys swear by (I can't imagine wearing those parachute pants in my line of work). I used to wear double front Carharts--I had two pairs that I used for years. One green for building and painting theater scenery, and one black for days where I might be present during shows as well. They took a lot of abuse, eventually wearing through both knee layers, and the green covered in paint. As I left the smaller theater side of things and went more industrial (arena, bigger theaters, some construction, rope access rigging, ect), I quickly found that they were soo uncomfortable to actually work in.
It’s just one of those things I have plenty of work boots I also wear out. I also have cowboy boots for casual wear, and I do not ride horses lol.
Kuhl is overpriced for what you get, their thickest pants last me just a few months. Carhartt double knee denim loggers are still the most durable pants out there I've found, I wear suspenders so they feel comfortable getting physical in, which is important to me since I spend most of my day running up and down steep slopes. Curious about some of the Japanese denim.
ive worked as a cabient maker so not the most rough job, but my work wear is normally whatever i can get from goodwill cheap, theres a few brands that have lasted i will have to check what they are
The loose cut is fantastic. Yes it looks pretty extreme but they don't post pictures of the more normal looking cuts (still loose). The airflow from loose, cotton pants will keep you cooler than any plastic expensive fabric. The idea of them being a safety risk is hilarious. You know what else gets hung up on stuff at a construction site? Bib overalls, rain jackets, winter clothing, tool bags, safety harness, high vis vest. I've never heard anyone say how dangerous it would be to wear those. As well, the spandex they stuff into modern crap to make it flexible wears out and loses elasticity after 5 days of wearing it. It's a crutch clothing designers use to make up for the poor, tight cuts they pump out for work clothing for whatever reason. Probably because their customers are all unfashionable 30 somethings still wearing skinny jeans after work. Any pant with a loose top block and unrestricted legs feels way better than strapping up in expensive, european plastic bags out of some fetish video.
@onikwa agreed on everything. From someone who spends a lot of time outdoors in Dixie, it astounds me that people insist on wearing anything other than cotton or linen loose fit pants or shorts in the hotter months. Any time I’ve worn straight fit jeans against my better judgement for more than five minutes outdoors in the summer, I’ve regretted it. Feels like you’ve wrapped two damp blankets around your legs.
i wasnt aware of the workwear scalping, so when i went to find a mimic of my detroit jacket, that my dad bought me 8 years ago, in a taller size, i was hit with a $300 price tag for an $80 jacket. wtf
British/Commonwealth workwear would be neat to see, lots of fabrics that are today considered quite upper crust like moleskin, tweed, and seersucker have their origins in Commonwealth workwear.
Barbour!
I never wore Levi’s to work. I wore Levi’s for fashion in high school but wranglers are much better for work. I did have a Levi’s thick jacket that got stolen at work though. I preferred longlseeve dickies shirts that wick away moisture and double as a safety vest. I had some dickies coveralls too. I don’t think I’ve ever found any affordable carthart stuff that made a utilitarian impact on me. I’m sure they are fine but also cost more. Red wing boots made an impact on me though. Very expensive but worth.
Sam vines boots theory.
Wrangler jeans are comfortable as hell, man
@@WretchedRedoran after like breaking them in for a year yes lol
Bro i get changed out my work clothes asap, and now im seeing that people whove never been on a construction site think its drip 😂😂
eh I don't judge em. a lot of it really does look pretty stylish
Out of my dirty stinky Tough Ducks, into the shower, then into my basketball shorts.
It’s been a long time since someone managed to make me laugh with out-of-nowhere jokes like you did in this video. Hilarious keep it up!
I did home renovation / addition work for about 7 years and always loved my Carhartt gear. I'm a perpetually cold person, and their flannel-lined insulated work pants were absolute life-savers for me on cold days.
This channel going to blow up in like 2 months for sure
hard to say, on the one hand not if google catches on that he just made a video explaining that marketing to hood scum destroyed a brand, then again he might algo-escape before they notice resulting in a sseth situation
I work for a railroad up north and can confirm- Carhartt is still by far the most popular brand of workwear in my neck of the woods. Tough as hell and roomy enough to wear baselayers under. That being said- I'll be a monkeys uncle before I sport something that wears like a cardboard box around town for non reason.
Love carhartt. I can sell the jackets I ruined at work for more than what I paid for 😂
Its blue collar stolen valor, and the problem with it is that, it's gentrifying workers out of the clothes they need and some times even like, an example of this is in work boots like timberland, dr marthen, red wig, daner , they tripled their price
Stolen valor is hilarious 😂
@@tomatosauce3091right? 😆
who tf is wearing dr martens on a jobsite
@@GUTSIRL its all ways been a work boot since its creation it was intended to be a afordable and confortable work boot for the working class
yeah well its strayed incredibly fair from that now@@lobo-uh2tb
Damn vegeta with the professor outfit in 0:48 is gold
My dad and I have been really enjoying watching your videos! I think if you even made these without the meme-edits I would still watch them. Good work!
That’s very wholesome. Thank you :)
I love the memes@@wrong_trousers changes the pace of the vid
I work forestry in Japan. We wear spike tabi boots. A little bit difficult to get used to but better traction for climbing mountains than regular boots.
I went to go binge the rest of your vids and was shocked that you only had 3 vids!! Keep up the v entertaining work!
Such a great channel , nice edits , u get to learn stuff , thanks for sharing ur passion.
Not long till views blow up imo
Duluth trading company looks very similar to both carhart and levis, but add a whole host of functionality like underarm gussets, extra stretch crotch fits, and more pockets and loops. personal brand of choice.
Damn you make some seriously interesting mini documentaries man, you put some serious work into research and it shows
When I worked manual labor, everyone got Carhartt active jacs for winter and one of the guys who used to be a mechanic gave me one of his bibs he never used since he had so many. I still have both and they’re great to use in the winter to shovel and do other work. I don’t wear either except for that but the coat used to be my main winter jacket.
Japans cool, but french designers like Gaultier and Girbaud did some insane shit with workwear that deserves greater recognition.
The French Navy also have some very utilitarian coveralls with a fluorescent safety strip. I worked alongside them when I was a sailor. Only two spoke English 🤣
@@Hypnotically_Caucasian Speaking of navy, striped shirts/Telniashkas are great. I wear mine all the time. Of course, they were derived from French sailors.
thumbnail was way too cursed but the actual content of the video was super informative and interesting
After peer-review I have decided to tone the thumbnail down (a bit lol)
@@wrong_trousersthumbnail is blessed and based don’t listen to the haters
@@wrong_trousers What was the old thumbnail?
The best part of this trend is that you can buy actual workwear for so much less, i like to wear that because i am outdoors a lot but also a bit clumsy. My pants with padding on the behind(pants for people who work in windowcleaning) saved my bum when i slipped on a mountain in Bulgaria.
The amount of pockets is insane as well, i've went camping without a backpack because everything i needed for one night either fit in my pockets(including campstove) or could be clipped on my pants using carabiners.
On the plus side, those padded pants make it look like you have a real badonk
this was a super quality and enjoyable video essay. You are a funny guy
My dad's old, ripped, oil-stained and paint-splotched Carhartt coat is still the best Carhartt coat out there in my eyes
I have had dudes ask what kind of conditioning I did to make my Carhart jacket look the way it does, I tell them I have been wearing it since 2010. One dude even offered to buy it.
30k subs is criminally underrated
As a danish welder, I wear Carhartt solely for streetwear. At work I wear Snickers or off brand. Don't see why I would get my 200 dollar pants or jacket covered in metal shavings and dust while Im on my knees in the dirt.
But now that I think about it, I do wear my Wrangler boots for work sometimes.
In Germany there is also workwear that reflects (back) on fashion, Germans in general often prefer very technical and outdoor-style fits. The focus is on practicality, durability and very much safety.
I get like no fashion/streetwear vids here, but this is exactly the question I didn't know I wanted to know? It could be a full series.
HATS: New Zealand vs. Ireland.
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Great stuff but really carhart is just a price tag these days, might look ok but their pants can’t keep up with actual work anymore, or compare to quality of even similar American brands like Duluth.
...I've been looking for the Carhartt jacket look for a while, thank you for pointing me towards that.
SO IF DAVE MUSTAINE WERE TO PERHAPS WEAR THE BALLOON TROUSERS FOR RUBBER BAND MAN MACHINERY ACCIDENT WOULD HE BE BROUGHT BACK TO METALLICA AND PASSIONATELY MAKEOUT WITH LARS ULRICH UNTIL EVERYTHING IS MADE BETTER AND I GET 100K SUBS?
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Monkey balls
@@wrong_trousersmake a video about black metal
I hope work clothes becoming fashionable doesn't compromise their durability. Doing light work, bending over and kneeling will destroy a normal pair of jeans or slacks. Once the quality degrades to a certain point, real workers will move on to different brands that can meet their needs for less money.
It will over time, just like with North Face. I don't trust the major companies cause of that. Although I did begin buying the classic 'totally not an undercover cop' stuff from 5.11. Yea it's pricey but I've never been disappointed with quality yet.
I call bs on the loose clothing being useful for moving in and around scaffolding, I got multiple ripped FR coveralls that tore when moving thru scaffolding, wire and cables. Maybe it provides comfortability when your hot or sweating so much. Your not even supposed to have your sleeves rolled up or shirt untucked, much less have loose or baggy clothes which IS a hazard and you’d probably get sent home for the day or worse get your badge taken.
Woolrich, Wilson & RRL you may need to check your work style all 3 expensive and durable
for us workers, i've used this store and similar stores to source my work gear. if you work for a construction company etc, they'll let you know where to grab your gear.
Just wondering if or when german/european workwear will become trendy. There more focused on functionality and take a place between gorpcore and american workwear fashionwise. Engelbert Strauss is the most known brand.
lets hope never because they look like shit
I would love it if the trend of workwear as fashion would pass so that prices would go back down. Some of us actually need that kind of durable clothing to.. uhh, well to work.
I kind of find it funny that people actually think it has gotten more expensive it hasn’t they just have different brands like carhart wip has skateboarding because skaters need tough clothes yeah they are expensive but they last a lot longer than supreme does. But regular carhartt is the same price it’s always been just look on there website it’s not expensive as carhartt wip and I don’t care what this guy says the fit and material is way different than regular carhartt ask anyone who knows
Go look at the catalogue from any building supplier go to clothes and there you go. Fashion isn't their business, so you'll get good stuff there usually.
Metagross and metaphor segment was super fun and the occasional off guard giggle from a random ass video keeps my monkey brain engaged.
I climb broadcast towers in the US and I’m half tempted to buy those Japanese pants. They sound practical!
I’m an apprentice electrician, but you’ll catch me in either Crye precision G3s, good ol wrangler cargos paired with my Arcteryx knee pads. And then my north face apex chromium, outdoor research allies microgravity jacket and or long sleeve shirts.
Loving the vids and editing. Glad you’re being recommended!
6:30 dickies pants were definitely popular for skaters before the 2010s. They sold them at places like pacsun, zoomies, and hot topic in the 2000s for sure.
I wear almost exclusively Workman, a workwear brand here in Japan. My main reason is that as a tall individual of mostly European descent living in Japan it's the only off the rack clothing that actually fits, and fits well here. I began enjoying the fashion itself after years of wearing it simply form neccessity. I usually wore goth/skater clothing previous to my emmigration. Fun Fact: Ishibashi: Ishi means "stone" and bashi, or hashi means "bridge". The company name is just the founding family's name reveresed.
loving the format and just overall enjoyed the video. you earned a sub!
Im 17 year old under heavy machinery repair and mechanics i have no issues with fashion i love fashions and how diverse they are but sometimes theres times where prices are affected with fashion trends like i cant afford 100 dollar work pants or 130 overalls it effects prices for the actual people who need and are designed for
Buy two sets of boiler suits and you're sorted. Nobody wears them for fashion, and they're all pretty good just by the simple design. My cheap one I got for 50usd lasted me 5 years.
Everyone knows carhart has the best zippers for stashing your drugs but also staying warm on the corner
Can't wait till rappers hear about 511s you wanna talk about drip that's where it's at
Ah, a fellow of culture, I see.
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8:57 surely they are sagging their harnesses for just the photoshoot?! fall arrest gear will not work properly when it's loose
It's getting ridiculous, I work for my local town's Public Works department, and our "Uniform" is all brown Carhart and a bright orange hoodie with the town's logo on it. I've been complimented by people at the gas station, going out for lunch, grocery store, you name it. "Bro, timbs are hype". it's always those younger hipster looking dudes too, or like those midwest emo highschooler kids. I was in line at the gas station buying some snacks and had a young dude ask me "yo dude nice fit, where'd you thrift those pants at?" It's like they've never seen a tradesman in their life.
I hate compliments >:(
@@kaydenunderwood8201 I mean I appreciate the compliments, but im legit just wearing my work attire. It just seems so strange to me tbh
just found this channel, glad I did
I’m not one for fashion, especially modern fashion (ppl emulating runway looks) but I’ve always wanted Levi jeans & coats/jackets bc since a kid I’ve heard they were the best of the best bc of their durability.
I’ve heard of Carhartt but I thought they were a red neck/southern brand. Prices seem extreme but it would be cool to have more durable jackets/coats.
It’s like back a century ago, you could find a cobbler & tailor & their work held up bc everyone needed their expertise. And it was cheap. Now there’s less of these experienced people so the prices shot through the roof.
I find it funny that you thought of Carhartt as a southern brand, considering that where I'm from they're associated with working way up north in -40° conditions.
@@WretchedRedoran Can confirm, hell I even use my Carhartt as a snowboarding jacket from time to time.
Don't bother with Levis. Theor workwear line isn't terrible, but their standard jeans are just rags. I've gone through 3 pairs in one year. Trust me there's better quality out there for less
As a mechanic i do love my wranglers and carhart jacket especially when the temp get below 20f
Needles' HD pants, aka, Hiza Deru pants translates to 'knees-sticking-out' pants. When you look at it from the side, you can see that it is not just extremely wide but the knee area is sticking out forwardly.
Your voice sounds like you're done with life. I love it
Yeah,he kinda sounds like Brandon Harding..
UA-cam’s algorithm came thru like damn such a well edited video
Not a huge surprise in the era of fast fashion, some people (many) prefer to pay a little more for something they can wear every day and it won't fall apart.
Kinda funny how working class people create culture, then get priced out of it as it gets deemed fashionable 🤷♂️
What have you been priced out of lol ?
As a 90s teen seeing the japanese construction workers running around and what is essentially jnco capri's really brings back memories. Phat pants 4 life.
amazingly crafted video bro! Subbed
I like Carhartt because the hammer holster is on the left side. But mostly I just get thrift store clothes.
All of a sudden my plan to wear workwear in normal life (durability) intersects with fashion.
I recommend Snickers workwear to anyone who's looking for durable, decently affordable and comfortable clothing. Gildan makes good cheap sweatshirts that take a beating.
Cracking vids! Keep it up mate.
So glad I clicked. Never would have imagined they made the TIMBERLUSSY
I just saw the thumbnail and clicked because I couldn't help but notice the brand Carhartt being put as an example of fashion working class clothes for men and women in the USA. Which I found interesting and a bit funny.
See I am and live in the capital state of Durango México, over here the sewing industry for foreign companies is a big thing, because of course like any other clothing brand would do whatever to cut some production costs for profit even if that means to stablish the labour force anywhere else as long as the workers paycheck is small, which turns into making their own pockets bigger at any expense.
Now Carhartt was here until last year but they where located here for decades. And I could say I am grateful for having the opportunity to get a degree and get a bit more decent job.
This type of industries even though they provide jobs, they provide the ones that pay the minimum, for not saying that they would pay people even less if that wasn't illegal, the work conditions were horrible, they mostly hired elderly women and didn't threat them decently (for not saying something else), because it was well known and spread through the city that the supervisors didn't even allowed people to take bathroom breaks. But just the fact that this type of companies vision themselves as the ones 'exemplifing and fostering the working class' makes me laugh. Sure the clothes are comfy but I wouldn't wear them knowing how they are produced. And the same goes with other brands like Nike, Adidas, whatever. But at least they don't brand themselves along the same lines for 'working class people'
You can notice how the Japanese were marketed by Carhartt initially since their jackets have that boxy & cropped cut.
When I think of USA work wear I think of an IT person cosplaying as a lumberjack, holding a coffee
Very good video! With the perfect sense and amount of humour:)
9:16 dude on the right closest to the camera has that shit on and he knows it
It makes me mad Levi jeans are such cheap trash these days. You’d be lucky to get a year of wear out of them before the crotch rips out.
Y’all must be some fat Mfs
i think your channel is really a diamond in the rough that i was extremely lucky to come across but i do have one thing that i don't agree with. though i don't doubt the tobi pants have had an effect on japanese fashion culture, in america the sudden interest in baggy jeans(and really pants in general) stems from the nostalgia for the fashion of the early 2000s and 90's hip-hop culture which likely influenced europe's sudden obsession with baggy jeans. i don't doubt the tobi pants are fire tho n i can definitely see how people have incorporated them into today's fashion.
Japanese fashion culture is different then American.
I knew this video was great when Yohji Yamamoto started playing if looks could kill
In Florida... It's long sleeve neon orange and yellow tees
Bro that map 8’ the beginning is literally how globes look in my dreams 😂 everything be in the wrong place but feels right somehow.
Jika Tabi has it right already when the toes are spead out compare to the fashion standard footinding of cramp toes that kills balance
alright, the content was fire, subbed
Crying laughing at the thought of someone not noticing they’re on the edge of a skyscraper because their pants didn’t flop in the wind 😂😂
I’ve heard of human monkey hubrid but was that a human woodtick?
7:10 How come most "japanese" jeans have made in china though?
I am under the consensus of practicality and functionality when I wear my cloths for work hell even my day to day crap I just need something cheap and can handle me sweating as I live in Texas and we get some heat out here.
I’m new pretty new to fashion but i mess with this video and your editing is funny asf 😂
Another epic video by gog. Still waiting for the momos to appear tho
0:51 imagine pulling up to the function with the deliveroo swag on
This day just got better
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I wear a lot of Carhartt jackets and hats and dickie pants regularly lol I didn't know I was fashionable oh myyyy
Im not a fashion expert by any stretch of the imagination but I love styling my workwear with my designer stuff
3:03 the guy in the middle of this image looks like he has the symmetrical face filter on
is that the farcry 4 sound?
channels got a good future
What about European style (Strauss Engelbert)?
Students and terminally online, work-from-home middle class wearing their carhartt jacket to Starbucks, just to sit and write their "novel" thinking they're the next Kerouac.
I love your editing
Keep goin bro love your videos