About Overhead Outfitters

Our Story

Overhead Outfitters didn’t start as a clothing brand.

It started with the trades.

Before getting into construction, I served in the United States Army from 2000 to 2009, mostly on active duty. My primary job was as a Unit Supply Specialist. I was responsible for inventory, logistics, and maintaining accountability for equipment and small arms. Plus weapons maintenance and repair as the Armorer.

During my time in the Army, I deployed to Iraq twice; once in 2004–2005 and again in 2007–2008. Those experiences taught me discipline, resilience, and how to handle pressure in difficult situations.

After leaving the Army, I tried a few different paths. I enrolled in automotive school and later tried college, but neither felt like the right fit.

Eventually I found my way into the ceiling trade through the Helmets to Hardhats program.

I started working for a ceiling company in the shop before eventually joining the union and moving into the field. Like most people in the trades, the early years were rough. I had setbacks, struggled to find steady work at times, and had to learn a lot of things the hard way.

At one point I was even laid off and out of the trade for almost a year because I didn’t yet know how to network or call around to other companies for work.

Eventually a buddy called and asked if I wanted to come back to T-Bar.

The answer was easy.

I’ve been at it ever since.

Over the years I was lucky enough to work with some excellent journeymen who took the time to teach me the trade properly. Working for different companies and being exposed to different types of projects helped me build real experience in the field.

Somewhere along the way I noticed something.

There really wasn’t much apparel out there for ceiling installers or T-Bar guys.

So I made a shirt.

People liked it, but at the time I wasn’t very good at selling. Mostly gave them away. 

Years later, while on paternity leave for a new baby, I randomly decided to revisit the idea and started learning about print-on-demand and shirt design.

The early designs weren’t great.

But over time I kept improving them, dialing things in, and slowly building something better.

I’m still learning all the time.

After all, I’m a ceiling guy first — not a graphic designer.

What started as a few shirts for ceiling installers eventually grew into Overhead Outfitters.

The goal is simple:

Create gear that represents the people who actually build things.

Ceilings. Carpentry. Electrical. Plumbing. Welding. Sheet metal.
Every trade that helps build the world around us.

Overhead Outfitters isn’t run by a big company or marketing team.

It’s run by someone who’s still in the trade.

If you’ve got an idea for a design or something you’d like to see made, I’m always open to hearing it.

Because at the end of the day, this brand is about the trades and the people who work in them.

Veteran Owned • Union Tradesman • Made In-House

Built for the jobsite. Worn everywhere.