Well, time and time again I’m bumping into things that do not say made in USA but say “distributed by” and name an American company with a US address. I’m taking that to mean NO – not made in the USA.
I’m far from being an electronics geek but none of my “tools” are made here. No surprise. Today, doing more laundry (with a mom in a nursing home laundry is never-ending!) I found that jeans that I thought were made in USA are “assembled in the Dominican Republic from US components”. So it’s less expensive to grow stuff here (the jeans are cotton and polyester), ship it out of the US, have it assembled, shipped back to the US and then sold. I’ll let you in on a secret here. We’re not talking “high-end” jeans. These are made under a private label for one of the large department stores. YIKES!
Continuing down the clothing path I have looked at every label left in my closet. After looking at 28 shirts I found 1 more polo shirt made by Anvil Knitwear in Mullins, South Carolina!!!!! The balance of my tops have traveled the globe. I think I’ll take a peak at hubby’s shirts.
Well, I found one shirt made by HRLA in Los Angeles, CA, one shirt each made by MyDyer.com, H.L.Miller, (2)Murina, ANVIL, All Sport Events, Vantage and LL Bean. I also found several that were “made in not USA of USA components”.
What is interesting to me is to see who is having their products made outside the US. It shocks me that people like Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett have some of their t-shirts produced in other countries. Many designers disappoint me too. I would think that US designers would want to have their garments say “made in USA”. Maybe it’s not the big deal I’m making it out to be but to me ist’s disappointing. I would like to think anything they put their name on they would have their values and certain pride associated with it. Oh well, I’ll step off the soap box and let you get back to your day.