You ready for shirts for at least $150 and everything else sky high? I was in the clothing business and know what made in america means Huge prices and that doesn't only go for clothing
I was in the apparel business for 30 years and never saw any kind of shirt for $150....bizarre. I know you're a waste of my time, but the tariffs haven't kicked in yet, and nobody expects the mills in the Carolinas to be back at full employment for a couple more years, but they will be if Trump can get his programs past the RINO ***** who are his real enemy....you commiecrats are old news and irrelevant.
I was in it
You ready for shirts for at least $150 and everything else sky high? I was in the clothing business and know what made in america means Huge prices and that doesn't only go for clothing
I was in the apparel business for 30 years and never saw any kind of shirt for $150....bizarre. I know you're a waste of my time, but the tariffs haven't kicked in yet, and nobody expects the mills in the Carolinas to be back at full employment for a couple more years, but they will be if Trump can get his programs past the RINO ***** who are his real enemy....you commiecrats are old news and irrelevant.
What part of apparel were you ? Buyer for Johns Bargain stores?
Jeans
Levi's
Panzica suggests that clothing costs could increase even more than that of electronics if they were manufactured in the US. For a device like the iPhone, he says, the majority of the cost is in the materials that go into it. But materials for shirts and pants are cheap — the labor makes up a higher portion of the cost of production.
That's why apparel companies have shipped manufacturing overseas, he says.
"If you look at labor rates around some of the really cheap areas, Vietnam is like $2.50, and Bangladesh is like $1.80 an hour," he says. By comparison, IHS' analysts calculate the labor rate in the US at $25-$30 per hour (a number that takes into account costs beyond an employee's wages). "So even if there's an hour worth of labor in a blouse or a men's shirt, now you're talking about a $25 buck difference per piece," he says of the manufacturing cost.
That logic is reflected in "Made in the USA" lines sold by various US clothing companies.
Levi's
"Original fit selvedge jeans" cost around $128. But the selvedge jeans of the same fit from the company's
"Made in the USA" collection, which uses premium denim from Cone Mills of North Carolina, were listed online for $348. (As of writing they're on sale for $104.90, however.)
JCrew's
Wallace & Barnes raw indigo selvedge jean, which is constructed in the US using denim from Japan's Nihon Menu mill, are listed at $248. Other raw selvedge pairs for men cost $175.