DETROIT – home of tough automobiles, tough living, and tough music like The Stooges and MC5. Also born here was Carhartt, an enduring classic of working man’s a brand that has become one of our most popular vintage items over the years. Unsurprisingly, the most popular by far has been what they call the Detroit Jacket. Introduced in 1954, it only became known by its current moniker during the late nineties. Carhartt brass previously referred to it as “the zipper jacket” as it was one of the few models to have a zip-up front. Made for a customer as rugged as the thick duck canvas it was built from, another key part of the appeal is the way the jacket looks as it ages. The Carhartt Detroit Jacket wears its long, durable history on its sleeve – and its fabric – and this longevity is a built-in factor inherent to its enduring and current success and collectibility. The more history your jacket has got, the more desirable it can be. For a company that celebrates the opening of each new store by smashing a wall with a sledgehammer instead of having a ribbon-cutting ceremony, this works perfectly. Carhartt’s blue-collar roots and work ethic came above ground and began to be celebrated in wider circles when the jackets started being adopted by the hip-hop community, being adopted by such labels as Tommy Boy Records and worn around town by celebrities such as Kanye West, Johnny Depp, and many more.

Second in line to the Detroit Jacket in Carhartt fame are their famed hooded pieces and vests, both of which are major sellers around these parts. For a company that’s been around for  133 years, Carhartt still makes clothes that are as durable as their reputation for quality!

What Has He Got . . . That Makes You Want To Love Him? Is It His Body?  Something He Might Be?  Something Inside Him? Regardless, put a vintage Alice Cooper T-Shirt on YOUR Body here at Metropolis Vintage!  Open at 12pm everyday.  By the way, we do also have a few snakeskin items available. Shhh!

Mick will be DJing from 11pm to 2am

Check out the New Dirtbombs Video  “Sharevari”

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The Dirtbombs are on tour soon “Go Check them out”

Check out the pictures from MICK’S last DJ gig The Return of Detroit

There are even more of them, at our store in Manhattan (43 3rd Ave. NY, NY – 3rd Ave. and 10th St.), and a lot more of different vintage T-shirts!

So if you are arround, please vistit us!

Thanks!

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Metropolis Presents Devil’s Night

Metropolis is back and bringing a party to end all parties. Detroit is in the house for Devil’s Night… June 12th. Starting @ 3pm, Terrible Twos & DJ Viking Thrust will get the party started with a FREE show at Metropolis… The party will continue at none other than Don Pedros (90 Manhattan Ave. in Brooklyn), home of the MetropolisFest After-Party. Come out for FREE PBR, $2 Tacos & 20% OFF everything in Metropolis Vintage Apparel!!

BYOB!

Bands
DJ Viking Thrust (LFD)
Terrible Twos (Detroit)
Kommie Kilpatrick (Detroit)
The Frustrations (Detroit)
Foster Care (NYC)

Extras
Free cassette to first 50 people
$2 Tacos
Free PBR
Free Layrite

AND BEST OF ALL… 20% off everything at METROPOLIS!

After-Party @ Don Pedros!
$7 Door / $5 w/ Metropolis Receipt

RSVP on FACEBOOK