Carhartt Flagship Store

The brown duck-canvas workwear you see on construction sites, farms, and (lately) fashion runways the world over started right here in 1889, when Hamilton Carhartt set up shop in Detroit with four sewing machines and five workers, sewing sturdy overalls for railroad men. More than 130 years and a global brand later, Carhartt is still family-owned — and it planted its flagship store back in the city where it began.

The Midtown store is a love letter to Detroit: it’s in a historic building refurbished with lumber reclaimed from torn-down Detroit houses (each board stamped with the address it came from), fronted by one of the largest murals in the city, painted by locals. Whether or not you need a jacket, it’s a genuinely moving piece of Detroit-made pride. Pair it with Shinola a few blocks away for a Midtown Detroit-brands double-header.