Blog Post 15: Reading Summary

"Where Did Our Clothes Come From?" by Emily Fontaine is a blog post from Emily's fashion blog called Le Quaintrelle which is on BlogSpot.com. Emily talks about how as consumers we need to know where our clothes are coming from and who is making it. She pulled out all of her clothes from her closet and made a pile of clothes that were made in the USA which was only 1/4th of her closest. She then divided that into multiple piles based on being designer clothes, "retail" clothes, "thrifted" clothes, and things bought off Ebay. Doing this really showed Emily that she doesn't always know where your money is going and who it is supporting. A lot of clothes we buy are actually from developing countries who don't have laws against child labor or fair wages. If we continue to buy clothes from them then we're only going to keep supporting how they out-source their jobs for a cheaper price. But if we buy domestically, then we'll support our own country and our own economy.