About Us
LT Bowery 1826
“To the mark”
The Bowery family motto, “to the mark,” reflects its roots in archery and a name tied to bow-making in medieval Scotland and England.
Legend tells us of Lachlan Thomas Bowery, the second son of a Glasgow tailor, who left Scotland in 1826 knowing he would inherit nothing. Drawn by opportunity in America, he traveled from Liverpool to Philadelphia, enduring an eight-week journey before finding work in a Germantown woolen mill. His tailoring background quickly earned him advancement, and there he met Mary, a fellow Scottish immigrant. They married in 1829.
In 1830, the couple moved with Mary’s family to Alamance County, North Carolina, where both found work in a growing textile industry. After the birth of their daughter Lilly in 1835, Lachlan became a traveling tailor, building a successful business grounded in durable craftsmanship and practical design. He adapted European techniques to his new environment, embodying the spirit of immigrant entrepreneurship.
Lachlan sadly died in his late 50s from malaria, and the Civil War soon erased much of what he had built. Though his legacy faded, his values endured—adaptability, function, and quiet innovation.
L.T. Bowery 1826 the brand was created in recognition of his story. Born in the Carolina’s we created a way of tracing something back, not to nostalgia, but to a standard. It is the idea that heritage should move, breathe, and adapt. That a garment could carry the past without feeling like it belonged to it. To us the “L” stands for Legacy and the “T” for tenacity that the namesake stood for.
Tradition is not the opposite of modernity, it is its origin.
L.T. Bowery 1826
“To the mark”.