My problem with Ralph Lauren is that all of their manufacturing is in countries known for what amounts to slave labor. If you're going to charge me $100 for a shirt, you damn well can afford to pay your workers more than cents a day.

karmaceutical: Lord Dimwit: My problem with Ralph Lauren is that all of their manufacturing is in countries known for what amounts to slave labor. If you're going to charge me $100 for a shirt, you damn well can afford to pay your workers more than cents a day.

That is kind of where all the textile plants are though. Most of my office shirts come from Ralph, Patagonia, or Tommy Bahama (casual office, etc). They are all made in the same dark corners of the world.

I make it a point of only buying clothing made in countries that have decent workers' rights - the US, Canada, western Europe, etc. The clothing isn't as easy to find, but it's generally of much better quality and not that much more expensive.

(Union Line jeans, made in the USA by union workers are $40.00 a pair. They're cheaper than Levi's made overseas in what have been described as "slavelike" conditions.)

Not just $30 socks, but $30 socks made in the Phillipines that are just rebranded Wal-Mart generics.

Are they wool?

Cotton socks are shat. The easily get holes and smell bad.

groppet: Yeah ever since Levi went over seas the quality has dropped dramatically. Growing up I had a pair of jeans that lasted me years. Now the knees are ripped up after 3 washes

Yep. The last pair of Levis I bought were complete shat. I own some $80 Mavis that end up being far cheaper than Levis, considering they literally last 10 times as long.

Atomic Spunk: Old Navy


Their jeans are the shiznit.

I buy my socks at Costco... that way when they get holes I can take them back.