Workwear has been out of style for most of the planet, except for lumberjacks, cable guys, professional Abseilers, or the like, who are required to don plaid shirts, peak caps and heavy duty trousers for safety. The newest clothing trends have encompassed outside work style clothes, and it’s creating a storm.
This time around, people are not simply buying menswork trousers and wearing them, they're adding, taking away, altering and accessorizing their new clothing to encompass the current clothing trends for 2011. Even though we’re looking at less than one month left for 2011, this trend is looking to carry over to 2012.
Men and particularly women are looking to hard-wear working brands that use lots of heavy materials such as canvas and coated denim, to personalize and alter to suit their own style. The actual brands are starting to see this new trend as an opportunity to get their foot in the fashion clothing door, with some brands catering to the fashion conscious while still ensuring their industrial-minded clientele get exactly the clothing they require for their heavy-duty jobs.
There’s always been a steady demand for work shirts and trousers but the lumberjack is making a comeback. The plaid shirts are to be found in many clothing cupboards with winter creeping in. One store owner said that they sometimes get the odd guy looking for Dickies pants specifically for work, but most of them just want them for fashion.
To give an idea of how far these clothing trends are going, an art gallery in Canada’s dress code for one of their recent events was ‘lumberjack formal.’ Regardless of job or style, clothing trends for winter is clearly workwear that’s definitely going to last.
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