
Do You Know Where Your Clothes Come From?
Have you ever considered where your clothes come from? No, not the brand name, but the workers who stitched together your outfit at a tremendously small wage. Fast fashion brands like H&M, Nordstrom, GAP, and Forever 21 depend on vastly…

Trump Profits From Same Foreign Labor Killing U.S. Jobs
Donald Trump wanted to market a line of men’s clothing that would bear his name.
He told people working with him to help find a company known for producing quality merchandise on a mass scale. In the end, Trump signed on with Phillips-Van…

The North Face Rolling Out Made in America Line
Donald Trump has a lame excuse for outsourcing the production of his clothing brand. The North Face, meanwhile, is proving that it's possible to keep business local.
The Republican presidential front-runner has been criticized for using…

Under Armour, Why Not Made in USA?
Wondering why Under Armour couldn't make some products in U.S.?
When I consider what Kevin Plank, the CEO of Under Armour, has going on — running a global sports apparel company that broke $3 billion in sales last year; developing a new…

6 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast Fashion
Fast Fashion - a term used to describe cheap and affordable clothes which are the result of catwalk designs moving into stores in the fastest possible way in order to respond to the latest trends.
In the 1980s and 1990s, a new production…

SoftWear Automation, Creating U.S. Jobs by Revolutionizing the Textile Industry
The SewBots have arrived and they are bringing manufacturing back to the United States. SoftWear Automation, in Atlanta Georgia, has developed robotic technology for the textile industry to automate sewing, significantly reducing manufacturing…

Made in USA, From Sheep to Shelf: Zady’s Feel-Good Sweater
When Maxine Bedat and Soraya Darabi set out to make a wool sweater entirely in the U.S., their first challenge was finding sheep.
A Google search turned up the Imperial Stock Ranch, a 143-year-old sheep and cattle operation in northeastern…