Where Am I Wearing?
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My All-American Cambodian Blue Jeans
By Kelsey | 
3 Comments » In the USA we didn’t invent the blue jean. We just made ‘em cool.
Jeans were first worn by the Italian Navy. But riveted jeans were first produced... [Read this entry]
What do making Jeans and Bowling have in common?
By Kelsey | 3 Comments » These workers would rather not do either.
I took them bowling. Nails were broken. Heavy balls were heaved. And sore arms were rubbed. It didn’t take.
My... [Read this entry]
Notes From a Garment Factory
By Kelsey | 3 Comments » The following are excerpts from my notes from my visit to Roo Hsing Garment Factory:-
“My boss says that he would like to dry your pants.”
“Sure, that’d be great.”
If Willy Wonka made blue jeans…
By Kelsey | 5 Comments » …his factory would be about the same sizes as the Roo Hsing Garment Factory in Phnom Penh.
As I approach the mirrored-glass doors all I can see is my reflection.... [Read this entry]
Black Market Blue Jeans
By Kelsey | 1 Comment » The Russian Market is truly a SWEAT shop - all of the shoppers are dripping in sweat. But it would take a lot more than a little heat to... [Read this entry]
Granny was a Garment Worker
By Kelsey | No Comments » Levis continues to rock. In the very near future I will be touring one of the factories that produce their jeans. Is it weird that I’m excited to... [Read this entry]
I am not a journalist!
By Kelsey | 6 Comments » I don’t write the news. I think I know how to put that fancy little accent mark over the “e” in expose, but I’m too lazy to do it.... [Read this entry]
Made in Bangladesh: My Underwear
By Kelsey | 7 Comments » I came. I saw. I found my underwear…kind of.
The address I had for my underwear was not actually a factory, but a buying house. In Bangladesh... [Read this entry]
Dalton
By Kelsey | 2 Comments » In what appears to be just another one of those things that isolates us Americans from the rest of the world, our cell phones are locked to work only in... [Read this entry]
The Attack of the Granny Panties
By Kelsey | 2 Comments » The Quote of the week: “So, I hear you are interested in women’s panties.”
Said by Salehin, an owner of a buying house, after an obvious mistranslation in the phone... [Read this entry]
I was made in America. My “Jingle These” Christmas boxers were MADE IN BANGLADESH.I had an all-American childhood in rural Ohio. My all-American blue jeans were MADE IN CAMBODIA.
I wore flip-flops every day for a year when I worked as a SCUBA diving instructor in Key West. They were MADE IN CHINA.
One day while staring at a pile of clothes on the floor, I noticed the tag of my favorite T-shirt: MADE IN HONDURAS.
I read the tag. My mind wandered.
A quest was born. A book was written.
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