Workwear in Country Bro

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A chore coat, a rinsed denim and a brushed pair of boots will get you to church looking like yourself. The trick is what you leave out.

Six weeks, one jacket, one pair of boots that aren't your work boots, and a tailor who knows what to do with shoulders like yours.

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

Weight, rise, and a handful of seams decide whether a pair of jeans lasts a season or five years. Most of it you can check before you buy.

Buy the work jacket once and wear it for ten years

What to look for in the fabric, the cut and the stitching so the jacket ages into something you'd hate to lose.

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Chore coats, duck canvas, waxed cotton and welted boots are all over town now. Some of it still does the job. A lot of it quietly stopped.

The clothes that do real work can carry you through dinner, church and a school run — if you buy them for fit, color and how they age.

That’s everything on Workwear in Country Bro.

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