The Carhartt Detroit is still the go-to jacket for future leading men

Apr 08, 2025
You know that age-old style of meme, where it goes something like “I won’t tell anyone I’ve won the lottery, but there will be signs”, and it’s a picture of a solid gold car, or more recently, eggs. There’s a similar sort of thing happening in the semiotics of leading man style, and it’s when he starts wearing a beat up workwear jacket—in particular, one made by Carhartt. Read more at GQ.