Sunday October 19th my brother-in-law asked me if I had heard about the garment district being dramatically down sized in New York City. I was shocked. How could this be happening? There is no way this is actually happening. Sure enough I googled the famous garment district and all the negative news popped up on my browser. Wow... On Monday, I searched for credible news articles and stumbled across information about the HBO documentary ("Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags") about the garment district in New York. This was fate. Not only had I found this documentary but I was searching the Internet only hours before it was to air.
In short this documentary was very bittersweet, cataloging the history of this particular garment district through the present. The most amazing thing I took away from this documentary was that 90% of apparel was made in the U.S. in 1965. Now we are accountable for 5%... only 5%! Buying dirt cheap clothing will be the demise of your wardrobe and the concept of American made apparel.
If you have studied fashion, simply love the apparel industry, or are interested in America's history, I strongly suggest taking the time to watch this documentary. It is intriguing and very informative in a very straight-forward manner.
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