Freewheelers is a Japanese clothing brand that mainly produces vintage work clothes from late 1800s to the early 1900s. One of my favorite but I don't know much about the brand's history besides the fact that they started in 2009 and is somehow connected to the brand called Bootlegger Reunion which seems to be out of business. Freewheelers does not have its own website and is not featured in any Japanese magazines so information about Freewheelers is hard to come by. Even the Japanese shops that carry their products do not provide any substantial information about the brand.
The quality of product is second to none. The construction is top-notch and the fabrics they produce are amazing. Their attention to details really sets them apart from other repro brands.
Freewheelers have five main sub-lines:
1) Union Special Overalls: work pants, work shirts, work jackets, and railroad related clothing.
2) Power Wear: t-shirts, thermals, sweat shirts, and henley.
3) Bubo Sports Togs: outdoor/hunting clothing.
4) US Naval Clothing: naval clothing from 20s - 50s.
5) Horsehide leather jackets.
I recently bought this conductor vest from Freewheelers. This suppose to be a reproduction of 1890s railroad conductor vest with Freewheelers' reproduction of the Stifel's indigo wabash stripe fabric. The fabric is relatively light weight. I would say around 10 to 11oz at most.
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