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In 1991, 56.2 percent of all clothes purchased in the United States were American-made. By 2012, it was down to 2.5 percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2012, the US textile and garment industry lost 1.2 million jobs.

the late 1980s, a new segment of the apparel business cropped up: "fast fashion," the production of trendy, inexpensive garments in vast amounts at lightning speed in subcontracted factories, to be hawked in thousands of chain stores. To keep the prices low, fast-fashion brands slashed manufacturing costs--and the cheapest labor was available in the world's poorest countries.

But seest thou not what a deformed thief this fashion is? William Shakespeare,