Comments on: American Apparel Made in India/Pakistan/Sri-Lanka

By: Alvito

Alvito — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:35:22 +0000

It’s such a pity that we dont officially get brands like AA in India. I emailed them earlier and they said that they dont ship to India !WTF !!?!

PS: I clicked on a Adsense link … i hope that helps .. in a small way …

Cheers :)

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:59:40 +0000

Threadless cuts the tags off their shirts because that’s the whole thing about being “threadless” – lots of people who wear t-shirts dislike the whole tag inside thing because they can be itchy. Also, if I’m not mistaken – if the shirt was actually imported from a supplier that is from another country, Threadless would be obligated to ship the shirts with the tags still intact — they use AA (and anyone who has ever worn an AA shirt knows that there is a distinct size/fit/feel that is different from other manufacturers – some prefer this, some don’t – I personally love AA), so they can cut out the tags without violating any sort of trade thing.

By: helen

helen — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:39:56 +0000

the threadless t-shirts are aa, i think most people can tell when you compare the two

By: Caught Clothing

Caught Clothing — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:26:25 +0000

“profit and ethics, I donâ€™t think snipping off the label is the right thing to do.”

I agree. I think that hiding the fact is worse,

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:31:20 +0000

emily » Companies need to balance profit and ethics, I don’t think snipping off the label is the right thing to do. Plus what makes you sure they are aren’t using a t-shirt directly from an Asian country like DBH.

By: emily

emily — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:14:55 +0000

Threadless.com cuts the labels out of the shirts because they use American Apparel shirts but dont want to advertise the other brand or give them a percent of their profit. And most US companies outsource to Asia because it costs so much less. Asian countries don’t have high standards of wages for their workers, therefor the US takes advantage of the cheap labor so that the American companies can make a profit. You shouldn’t be offended, it’s basic business. The object is to make a profit and Asian countries inexpensive labor allows that to happen.

By: Indisch

Indisch — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:36:21 +0000

Hey, where exactly is this place Tirupur and how does one get there? I could’ve looked it up on the net but am too lazy… Info wud b much appreciated. ;-)

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:07:26 +0000

@Taju yep you are right.

@Ben yeah I saw it in the news.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:33:01 +0000

My previous comment got caught in your spam thingie. Rescue please

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:31:40 +0000

@Aj: This is what the big labels in the US do right? Get it all done from here, snip the labels and sell it elsewhere. You mustve seen the GAP story the other day in the news. Exploitation of young children to get their clothes made. I’m sure GAP is going to deny any knowledge and if they do that raises the question of how low will these big guys go to making a quick few bucks at the expense of others.

@Taju: Long time no see :) And yes i bet its the same for most items including stuff like shoes and other such stuff