All of Bandit Brand is manufactured in the USA and
given the intensive pressure from cheaper goods
flooding in from the market overseas, that is impressive,
especially when the profit margin can be so appealing.
This would go against everything Bandit Brand stands
for as a company. As Jen put it, “I wouldn’t do it any
other way.” She states, “It’s funny because I could make
a fortune off of my Urban Outfitters orders, et cetera,
but I barely make anything because my t-shirts are so
expensive to make but money isn’t worth it to me to
exploit human beings in shitty working conditions.” She
feels a duty to subscribe to the whole local economy.
She continues, “I even try to eat local foods. It was
never an option in my mind.” It certainly results in the
quality of the tee that will last into vintage status.
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