Sidewalks. Blacktops. Tennis courts. Parks and parkways. 
At the center, there's almost always something concrete.

 

 

Every day, thousands of different tires, shoes, and bare-feet tread the same surfaces. As people, we might have the most in common on the concrete.
Off the concrete - where we live, play, love, eat - we separate into our own squares. 

Products that successfully straddle these arenas become common denominators. Recognizable iterations of our form, regardless of our function. These products are at the center of what we do as people. Orig. Equip. seeks to find that middle, balancing nostalgia with plain-told badassery, becoming the nexus of streetwear, workwear, and old-school active-wear.

 


Enter: Camber USA. Norristown, PA. Sometime in American Trench history, Jacob Hurwitz struck gold and forged a relationship with the owner of the legendary sportswear factory. The Schyukill River may occasionally wash Camber's floors in seasonal flooding - a battle often fought, yet never truly won - but that doesn't keep this place from pumping out the heaviest Made in the USA hoodie on the market today. Their patent Cross-Grain technique serves tough weather wearers well; their flat-lock stitching, hard to come by in the United States. 


 

American Trench sampled this hoodie for over two years. From the original Camber garment - which we jokingly called "the flying squirrel" for its excessive fabric in the under-arm - we slimmed down and shaped a piece we call O.E. Genesis: The Keystone Hoodie. This hoodie became the literal keystone around which we built all things O.E. Heavy duty, durable, universal. Deserving of much use, both on and off the concrete. 

 

 




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