Tuesday, January 01, 2008

provenance for the clothes on your back

we've written alot here about fake designer clothes and the impact of off shore manufacturing. more and more people are looking to understand where the clothes they are buying came from and be confident that they were manufactured in "humane" conditions.

so from friends at Springwise, sweaters with a full provenance from These Flocks, the tag even comes with a picture of the sheep that donated his coat.

we hear from more and more people who are interested to know where this children's clothing brand or that is manufactured. what about you? do you care where oilily, catimini or lili gaufrette is manufactured? are you more likely to buy one over the other because of this?

if you're already paying USD150 for a girls dress, would you pay USD160 to have it built here?

1 comment:

Experimental Knitter said...

maybe a bit late but I already pay over $100 a pair for shoes made in the US or Denmark and I'll gladly pay extra for a bag, coat, or other items made in a country with fair labor practices, friendly to the US, etc. For nearly 20 years I;ve been boycotting clothes made in China due to human rights violations exposed by the later editor of ther NY Times, Abe Rosenthal.