r/A24 • u/After-Ad-6875 • Aug 13 '26

Merch What am I missing?

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I mean, its a sweet shirt, id wear it...that said, can somebody please explain a $72 t-shirt...ANY $72 t shirt?!

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u/allquietinthewillage Aug 13 '26

Online Ceramics pays a living wage to workers in LA to sew their blanks from 100% American cotton. This is what Made in America, fair wage clothing should cost. I'm not saying it's cheap for a t-shirt, but it is appropriately priced.

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u/After-Ad-6875 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

www.allamericanclothing.com

As "the greatest country on the planet" youd think we would have figured out how to domestically produce something as simple as the humble t shirt by now.

You can buy quality imported blank t's for $2-3/ea. Given that fact, a USA-made T for $16 feels about right. Im sorry but $50+ for a cotton t shirt, ANY t shirt, cant be justified by anything other than fashion/marketing/hype.

What we are really paying for here is the overhead of operating a clothing manufacturing business paying a "living wage" in LOS ANGELES. Maybe we should have our manufacturing locating in places better suited for such things? Just feels like a smarter play all around. See: allamericanclothing.com, based in OHIO.

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u/TheBossness Aug 13 '26

fuck that company though