Re: Made in the USA
Originally Posted by
zachateseverything
Most of my clothing is coming from american factories. American Giant for pants and t-shirts, Gitman Bros for dress shirts, Redwing, New Balance, and Frye for shoes. I don't really have an axe to grind either. but what I'm after are durable goods that aren't made in a sweatshop or are going to go out of style in a hurry. Paying a slight price premium for this stuff makes sense to me.
I'd love a good pair of 100% USA sourced shoes but none of these really make the cut. Red Wing has their "Heritage Line" for MUSA, but the rest are Vietnam, Cambodia, China...etc. They do have tannery in Minnesota so, in theory, they could be producing a 100% MUSA shoe. Frye were only a USA-dominant producer until 2003, then they outsourced most of their production to China and Mexico. New Balance actually had an FTC lawsuit for spell over their "Made in the USA" claim as the outersole and uppers are both made in China for the most part and only assembled in the USA.
Rubber trees don't grow as well in Minnesota as they do in Thailand.
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