The Death of Clothing

[bettyellen]

68. The thing is, prices should have been increasing over the years- but instead cheaper and cheaper

Labor sources are used. And fibers are commodities that foreign markets control and producers have to commmit in advance. It takes huge buys, earlier to get deals that allow a company to pass along any savings.
And 50$ is no where near high end. Pants costing quadruple that are also made in sweatshops.

Some factories have people eating and sleeping in them because the wages are so low. We’d get white shirts tinged w a peach cast smelling of curry. Markups are all over the place, but it’s a real hit or miss situation.
Now retailers are hurting because people want the savings you get by eliminating the stores themselves. And of course they’ll be unhappy the fit is off, but yeah- they don’t want to spend the time or money to go to a store. Something has to give.