Friday, October 30, 2009
Blue jeans, made in U.S.A.
Posted by Kimberly Lawson on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:41 AM
A pair of blue jeans is as iconic as a piece of apple pie. Here's an interesting feature on the U.S.'s no. 1 producer of denim, Mount Vernon Mills in Georgia.
Most U.S. mills shut down years ago, unable to compete with cheap overseas labor. And in another sign of the global economy, the fabric woven here is rarely sent to American plants to be turned into jeans. Instead, the fabric is shipped mostly to factories in Mexico. The jeans then carry labels that read "Made in Mexico of U.S. fabric."Blame NAFTA. Blame outsourcing. Blame corporate greed for the selling out of America's manufacturing soul.
And a cool tidbit from the story: "A $12 pair of jeans often comes from the same roll of denim as a $150 designer pair."
Comments (3)
Showing 1-3 of 3
Greetings! The company «FASHIONSALE» already successfully is engaged more than 8 years in Russia in clothes wholesale in style casual and jeans of the American brands. We search new partners in the USA which are engaged in wholesale of these things. If the given offer has interested you, send the responses to our e-mail fashionsale@yandex.ru. We necessarily will answer you. Max Lykhov
like
dislike
Latest in Klepto Blog
-
Photos: Runway for the Ballet
-
Coats on sale at Hong Kong Vintage
Winter's late, but this coat sale is right on time.
-
Super Bowl shopping?
If you want to spend your day amongst fabulous clothing, shoes and jewelry and enjoy the Q.C.'s biggest Super Bowl Sales, here's where you need to be.
- More »
Author Archives
-
Bar Charlotte, 11/25/11
The Black Friday madness in the stores carried over to Bar Charlotte that night.
-
Fu's Custom Tattoo, 1/13/12
What better way to spend your Friday the 13th than drinking PBR and getting tatted up?
- More »
