Osh Kosh Overall's

[Charlie Delta]

These are hardly talked about on here and a search also turned up with nothing, I'm wondering why, since they've been around for a long time and I think have also been very widespread.

Posting to see if I can get some interest back in them and maybe make this into a proper topic (need your contributions though...)

I found a deadstock Made in The USA pair while thrifting yesterday. It's not denim but this very light cream cotton with darker specks.

Eventhough they are a rediculous size 40x34 I couldn't pass up on them, as I have a weakness for this fabric in this colour and they slip perfectly over all my clothes, as overalls are originally supposed to be worn.

Apart from a stain on the front of the lower left leg, wich appears to be water damage they are in pristine condition.

I'm curious if anyone out there can tell me a bit more about them, and I just wanted to show them.

I realize deadstock denim ones are probably much more sought after, but I feel that it's a good find anyway.

(I upped the contrast on the pics a bit since you couldn't make out too much detail on the light fabric.)

front

back (heh, still can't make out too much details....)

back top, pockets are half lined

chambray label on the bib pocket, this come closest to the actual colour

Four leaf clover buttons, must have some Irish heritage?

Talon zipper

back aswell as the inseam and the outseam are all triple stitched

"the art of deciphering washtags"

If anyone has some info on these or has a pair to show, please do!

[Minkous]

I dont have any info on these except i had a pair when i was a little kid. But i'd like to see you rock these, or are you even going to because of the size?

[Charlie Delta]

I'm not sure yet if I'm going to wear them, as said they fit perfectly on top of all my clothes, so maybe for fun in winter, or when I'm going painting, dunno.

Adding a poll btw.

[fre-co]

I got some osh kosh work pants when I was in Japan several years ago from a workwear type shop in Tokyo. I always thought it was a Japanese brand.They are nothing special if I remember correctly, just tan cotton, like dickies or whatever with zip fly and a plastic top button.

[superBobo]

I got a heavy flannel shirt from oshkosh thats pretty nice.

They where huge sellers of overalls of diffrent kinds, but in the 80s they went over to just doing kid clothes (overalls for kids where pretty big earlier aswell). I´ve been looking for some hickory stripe overalls, but no luck yet.

cotton, im pretty sure your´s are painter overalls, since they have the brush loop on the back, between the pockets. the color is a giveaway aswell.

[Charlie Delta]

^thanks for the info, picked a good background to photograph them on then.

[evilgeniusdan]

At first I thought this was a joke thread, but those are intense.

[superBobo]

ive understood it as that oshkosh has a bad reputation among most americans, from being a childrens clothes brand nowadays, but they deserve some "respect" or atleast interest for being in the workwear buisness that long. Same with carhartt imo. Paul T´s book names both Oshkosh and Carhartt as competitors to Levis from the beginning. It would be very cool to see some older Oskosh, especially 5pocket jeans.

[Bijan]

I have a deadstock selvage OK apron from the 50's or 60's. I'll try to get pics soon.

[wEstSidE]

when i was a kid i had one of these...but we're talkin like 1 years old. i had an osh kosh acid wash denim jacket too.

[__3xL]

I had some from like 3 years old to 4 yrs old .

I would love to find a chambray shirt that is the colro and such of that tag though ..

cotton though 100%

[dicksonoffonda]

even though i had asian parents

when we went to target or mervyn's

i got a pair

them they became hand me downs to my little brother

first pair of overalls i think i had

[>++fishb0neR]

all the time...bare overalls and striped izods..my favorite were my blue cords

i was a miniature 'carlton'