CARPET COMPANY SEASON 22 GOES WAXED FOR DROP 2

Sixteen ounces of waxed duck canvas per yard. That is the weight Carpet Company has leaned on for its heaviest outerwear in past seasons, and Season 22 Drop 2 puts it back to work on an appliqué patched work jacket, paired with ringer varsity tees, the second release in a rollout the Baltimore label started on July 4 with a pique cotton polo.

Two garments, one thesis. Carpet Company is spending Season 22 proving that a skate brand can hold a work jacket and a varsity tee in the same drop without either one reading like filler.

Waxed Canvas Does Not Forgive a Bad Pattern

Waxed duck canvas at that weight holds a crease and shows every stitch line, which means the appliqué panels on this jacket had to be cut clean before the wax ever touched the fabric. Carpet Company has used the same 16 ounce canvas on work pants and outerwear in prior seasons, favoring it because the coating sheds water and ages into a patina rather than pilling like a lighter cotton twill. The ringer varsity tee sits on the other end of the weight scale entirely, a soft body with a contrast collar and cuff, the kind of piece built to be worn under the jacket rather than compete with it.

Appliqué is not embroidery. A stitched on panel adds a visible seam and a slight ridge you can feel through the canvas, which is why waxed workwear brands use it sparingly, usually on a chest patch or a back yoke where the extra layer will not catch on anything. Putting appliqué on a jacket already carrying a wax finish is the harder build of the two garments in this drop, and it is the one worth watching for how it holds up after a season of actual wear rather than a single photo carousel. At 16 ounces, Carpet Company's canvas sits heavier than RRL's 12 ounce pigment coated work jacket, a fair comparison for anyone weighing a skate label's workwear against a heritage house charging a premium for the same category.

Two Brothers, Two Shirts and a Skateboard

Ayman and Osama Abdeldayem started Carpet Company in Baltimore in 2016 with two shirts and a skateboard, according to Ayman's own account of the label's first release. A decade later the brand runs a full seasonal calendar out of a Station North storefront, and Season 22 alone has already produced a pique cotton polo, a checkerboard rhinestone button up, and a souvenir baby tee before Drop 2 landed. That is four distinct silhouettes in one season, a pace closer to a contemporary menswear label than a skate shop selling decks on the side.

The Checkerboard Rhinestones Already Moved

Carpet Company's checkerboard rhinestone button up opened the same July 4 window as the Season 22 polo, both released in the Station North store a day ahead of the online restock at Carpetco.us. If Drop 2 keeps that pattern, the jacket and the ringer tee land in the physical shop first, with the site catching up once the in person line clears. Drop 2 is where the season gets its workwear entry, and the timing matters. A waxed jacket in July is not a weather call, it is a bet that the piece carries into fall on its construction alone rather than the calendar telling anyone to buy it. Baltimore's other export this decade has been Turnstile, and the two brands share the same DIY, no gatekeeping instinct even outside any formal tie, streetwear and hardcore built two blocks apart rather than in a boardroom.

Ringer Tees Are the Easiest Entry Point

A ringer varsity tee reads as the cheapest way into a season that otherwise asks for jacket money, and Carpet Company has used that structure before, a low commitment piece that still carries the same appliqué language as the jacket above it. The contrast ringer collar is a construction detail that either matches the jacket's trim or intentionally clashes with it, and either read keeps the two pieces from feeling like they came from separate drops. It is a low cost entry point built to widen the audience for a jacket most people will not spend on, the same playbook independent labels lean on once they scale past their original ten shirt runs.

Buy the Jacket, Skip Waiting for a Restock

The waxed canvas jacket is the piece worth the money here. Sixteen ounce waxed duck canvas ages better than almost anything else in a Season 22 lineup that has otherwise leaned on cotton, and Carpet Company's own history with the fabric means this is not a first attempt. The ringer tee is a fine add on but not the reason to check out. Two drops into Season 22 and Carpet Company has not repeated a silhouette yet, which is the real story here, not the wax.