Style Highlight: Workwear/Americana - Topic of the day 12/16/23

Is this your style or your style at times? How do you feel about this style? Inspo pics would be greatly appreciated too.
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Confuzzler
Confuzzler11mo ago
all my favorite brands in this category is Japanese harold
Elvander
Elvander11mo ago
Americana was high end when I was a kid. We're talking borderline behind the iron curtain levels of obsession about legit American denim. Levi's were aspirational, wranglers were dressy. The first branded clothes I owned were birthday presents as a teenager full grunge core black wranglers boots / jeans / hoodie / flannel so it will always be a part of my wardrobe.
s0up
s0up11mo ago
I feel like this is just where my style is at the moment. Jeans, denim jackets, flannel shirts, carpenter pants etc. I don't know why but these are just the items of clothing that I feel drawn to. Maybe that'll change in a few years or maybe I'll just be here wearing the same jeans, boots and flannel shirts.
artvandelayimporting
carhartt
rico suave
rico suave11mo ago
Love this style and how approachable it is. It's a safe style for newcomers to experiment in, can be had very cheap, or you can go out there with more boutique items with some interesting stiching. Question for y'all: do you guys consider western/cowboy boots as a solid part of this style or are the boots considered more in the Iron Rangers/workboot category?
Talbot
Talbot11mo ago
I feel like this is where I gravitate too as well my benchmark for it would be "can i step out of my truck and walk into the woods and be fine with it?" i also love the rough texture that you can play with here too can also extend outside of the denims with cavalry twill, canvas, duck cloth etc
mdooz
mdooz11mo ago
So true I have no idea why, but work boots look better aesthetically for me in this category.
jawntanamo_bae
jawntanamo_bae11mo ago
Selvedge denim was basically my introduction to fashion in a real way, so I’ve always been heavily influenced by workwear and americana. Would say that’s probably 60% of my style
jfarrell468
jfarrell46811mo ago
Shout-out to French workwear and Vetra.
raisinpie
raisinpie11mo ago
Imo neither, I feel like westernwear is different from americana
jawntanamo_bae
jawntanamo_bae11mo ago
IMO it’s a sub-category See: Wythe, Kapital, Barbanera, Brycelands, Mister Freedom, Rocky Mountain Feather Bed
Smiles
Smiles11mo ago
What's more Americana than the American West Stylistically it's just the workwear that was popular there anyway so it feels like a natural sub category
imbadatusernames
imbadatusernames11mo ago
I love appropriating blue collar culture Big fan of dickies jackets
Dexter
Dexter11mo ago
This is definitely one of the easiest styles to look dripped out in. Nearly everyone who wears workwear looks great. That being said, it leaves a lot of room for experimenting creating an easy entry level but high skill ceiling. Also cool to see emphasis on purchasing pre owned and going for durable garments.
Michael
Michael11mo ago
this would make a really interesting daily topic
OceanicEternity
OceanicEternity11mo ago
One thing about the workwear thing that I'm not sold on is how much of it is cotton. I grew up hearing "cotton is rotten" i.e if you going to do anything outdoors don't wear cotton. Because cotton doesn't have great properties when you are soaked to the skin (something that happens unfortunately often if you are outdoors here). So as much as I am interested by workwear... Things like cotton jackets feel impractical to me and jeans, strangely enough, feel like something you would only want to wear if you were spending a lot of time inside.
awburkey
awburkey11mo ago
A really fun and interesting collection of garments and history and styles. I tend to prefer Americana and workwear when it’s done full-send. The folks at Standard & Strange do a lot of fun looks like this.
OceanicEternity
OceanicEternity11mo ago
I wonder if a lot of Americana is made for hot and arid environments.
Michael
Michael11mo ago
if we're considering westerwear as a subcategory of americana a lot of that would qualify
OceanicEternity
OceanicEternity11mo ago
Like this is workwear (in NZ at least) which I don't see at all in American styles (at least from what I've seen so far) https://www.swanndri.co.nz/mens/bushshirts.html
Shop Men’s Bushshirts Online - Swanndri NZ
The iconic Swanndri Men's Bushshirt is made from 100% ZQ wool grown in NZ. Unchanged since 1927. Shop online now with FREE Delivery on orders $100+
raisinpie
raisinpie11mo ago
Vietnam war uniforms were cotton, if they could fight in those I'm sure you can go about your day to day life in cotton. I heard the cotton is rotten thing growing up too, but for most regular activities it doesn't matter
artvandelayimporting
who won that war again thinkies
raisinpie
raisinpie11mo ago
if you're going to be soaked to the skin it's either weather or sweat. For weather you should be wearing something waterproof on top anyway, and for sweat there's really not much you can do. To be fair I think linen is better than cotton in the heat The other cotton wearing people
artvandelayimporting
damn
raisinpie
raisinpie11mo ago
Checkmate Tbh I only ever heard cotton is rotten for socks, which if you're doing outdoor rec like hiking makes a lot of sense
artvandelayimporting
cotton is rotten, tweed is all you need
OceanicEternity
OceanicEternity11mo ago
No one ever said that military grade is any better than "cheapest shit the government could get away with using."
raisinpie
raisinpie11mo ago
ok
OceanicEternity
OceanicEternity11mo ago
But this is a really good point. When I was younger I was given a hand-me-down tweed blazer for going to church. One day I had to walk home in pouring rain. That blazer did keep me warm despite being soaked to the skin.
Smiles
Smiles11mo ago
it only matters in cold weather where sweat trapped against your skin can give you hypothermia sweat getting trapped against your skin might not be comfy in hot weather but it will keep you cool which isn't a huge deal
s0up
s0up11mo ago
I think another point about cotton for workwear clothing is that cotton is easier to wash than wool, and to my mind would also be easier to repair holes/rips etc than wool would be at least I think that would be the case from the limited clothing repairs I've done
femto
femto11mo ago
What you can do is have only 3 layers with the middle warm one being key and take them off to keep comfortably cold depending on activity... I've heard the no cotton rule with a bit more nuance: "no cotton in the Arctic", in the cold, etc. Sometimes people say moleskin is an exception even then! Good quotes here: https://blog.nols.edu/2017/06/13/when-you-should-wear-cotton-in-the-outdoors 🤠
When You Should Wear Cotton in the Outdoors
Get ready for some myth busting! Despite its bad reputation, there are actually times when it makes sense to wear cotton on an outdoor adventure.
Legs
Legs11mo ago
By Vietnam wasn't the US using a cotton/poly mix? I love 100% cotton items, but for functionality it definitely isn't state of the art. Cotton's strength is combining comfort, longevity, and ease of care at a mass market price point.
femto
femto11mo ago
the famous items were 100% cotton, OG-507 was introduced later
AndrewA
AndrewA11mo ago
I consider western wear as a subset of Americana but I probably have a more expansive and inclusive definition of Americana than most
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