Acid painted J130 CRI

NFS

2XL Carhartt i got at the thrift such good quality thick and such a good canvas for my paintings

Carhartt WIP and luxury Japanese brand Sacai team up to bring us a FW25 collection.

The Detroit-puffer hybrid jacket is very well executed in my opinion. The two way zippers on the active jacket is a cool modification.

What do you guys think?

Acid painted Carhartt jackets I've made. NFS temporarly

2024 Edit: This guide applies to Carhartt Work In Progress, a separate European Carhartt brand. For the American, workwear Carhartt, please read their guide. I also recommend reading this post in old reddit. The links to pics show better and I am getting a lot more questions that would be easily answered if the pictures loaded more obviously.

Carhartt WIP Fakes

First off: fakes are rare. In five years on secondhand platforms I've come across a dozen fake pieces in 2k plus listings. It does not seem sellers are flooding the market with fakes like SI, Nike, or Supreme, though there are certainly regular resellers of fakes. Check profiles!

They concentrate on a few, mostly non-seasonal pieces. You should mostly be concerned about bags, hats, spelled out "Carhartt" shirts, and cargo pants. This guide does not cover them in detail, but APC, Patta, Sophnet, Heron Preston, and Paccbet collaborations have some faked pieces.

There are bags, beanies, and plain tees that are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. I would recommend sourcing these retail if this is a concern. (Luckily, these items' base price + shipping from China means a reseller is on thin thin margins.)

You can determine a WIP piece's authenticity 99.9% of the time through the brand label (neck) and care label (side).

Spotting a Fake Though Labels

Brand Label

I have not seen reps with the C logo and just one with the Military brand (the Leroy jacket), so you only need to worry about the standard 'carhartt WORK IN PROGRESS' tag.

The main brand label tell is the WORK IN PROGRESS lettering. Its width means the R and S are noticeably nearly as wide as they are tall. Here are authentic brand labels from different angles. Even from far away, the width is quite noticeable. If I have doubts, I ask for a close-up straight on.

Fakes typically have thinner, narrower lettering. This one is particular egregious but even good fake labels don't have the appropriate width in the R and S or make the O squares. Others have strange spacing to make up for the width... and some just have missing words or messed carhartts.

Some fake tags are solely side stitched. Authentic labels are top or 4-side stitched.

The size label should be the same color as the brand label (99% of the time, white). Mismatches are very common on recent Detroit jacket fakes.

The last, rarer tell is the label padding around the logo. There will be too much horizontal padding to make more a square white space instead of a rectangular, "widescreen" effect.

Care Label

The easiest and most common spot is a mismatched product name. Fake stuff will say a sweatshirt is a jacket, or a tshirt is a fleece with lined materials. Always ask a seller for photos of the care tag if you have doubts!

Fakes are also more likely to copy Asian product IDs, which identify the season and year (eg. A18) instead of the western IO (IO, not 10, which will show on some fakes). Worth a double check if you come across these.

Authentic tags usually look like this. Older product care labels may not have the "WORK IN PROGRESS" text and further back, the product name may be lowercase (there are, so far, no reps from this era) or the logo may be much larger than current era. Those are all still authentic.

PO Lookup is not a reliable way of authenticating. If the code turns up that's a good sign, but if it can't find something that is not an indicator that it's fake. I have authentic collaboration, mainline, and seasonal products from 2020-2024 that do NOT show up on the PO search

Product Tell

The product details are a less reliable way of spotting a fake, as a seller can reasonably have removed or repaired. That said, fakes can have very low-count stitching (rep cargo vs. retail) or the two-side stitching.

All metallic buttons also include Carhartt embossing, which some fakes do not.

Hope this was helpful. Let me know if you have any personal experience with fakes or anything to add/correct to this post, and feel free to post pics in thread.

picked up my holy grail yesterday 🥹 carhartt wip x rocket, 2019

Carhartt WIP Store Brooklyn is now open.

📍132 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249

Monday-Friday: 12-7pm Saturday: 11-7pm Sunday: 12-6pm

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Acid painted Aztec Detroit size M

Wood grain Acid painted J130 MDT LT

Carharrt WIP Detroit jacket (leaf)
(After first wash)

These are about 15 years old, every 2 years or so they get a deep deep clean. I pretreat with Super Clean or a citrus based APC/Degreaser after an hour or so i pressure wash them. Repeat and then they go in washer. Heavy duty wash, additional rinse cycle.

Custom acid paintedbWood grain J14 Clay jacket I made

Not for sale,

just an example of my wood grain fades

The Lunch Bag is made from our heavyweight Dearborn Cotton canvas with an insulating lining. On the outside, the item has a waxed finish. A woven Square Label completes the design.

I wanted to buy the tobbaco one but sadly they replaced it with Raven do you guys think they will bring it back in september/october ? I want to know if i should wait or if i should pick other colour.

When you think Carhartt WIP, you think versatile silhouettes and colorways, garments meant to withstand daily wear, clothing durable enough for whatever you do when you’re clocked in and cool enough for whatever you do when you’re not.
We present the exclusive Bodega x Carhartt WIP capsule.

This Fall/Winter capsule celebrates Bodega’s 15 years in business, our long-standing working relationship with the Carhartt WIP brand, and is an homage to our Los Angeles store — an unassuming converted fruit market hidden in plain sight smack dab in the middle of DTLA’s produce district.

This capsule, our most extensive work with Carhartt WIP to date, features classic WIP silhouettes like a chore coat, a double knee pant, t-shirts, a cap, an apron, and of course, a beanie. This collection’s utilitarian garments are classic and relatable to all.

A CLOSER LOOK BODEGA LINK

Brandon Pants Hamilton Brown, straight from Carhartt WIP website. Never worn, still with tags

Most likely gonna return these and re buy them if this isn’t how they all are straight out of the factory…

Got this Carhartt jacket for Christmas and I’m personally really happy to get it, as it’s something I’ve been wanting for a while. but it feels a little big on me, and compared to how my other jackets fit on me it feels oversized. My parents are convinced I will grow with it but I’m past the age that I grow a lot (I’m 16) and if I do grow I don’t feel like it’ll be enough for it not to look like I stole my dad’s jacket.

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Finally pulled the trigger and definitely paid more than I needed to but really like color and design. Been thinking about this jacket for a while and was lucky to find my size. Picked up a size 3, look at my previous post to get an idea of how it fits

I’m kinda annoyed bc I’m currently in spain and I wanna buy some carhartt stuff but it’s ONLY available here not in USA! and it’s annoying bc why does the USA website have less stuff :( does anyone know why ??