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<blockquote data-quote="bucky" data-source="post: 1314852" data-attributes="member: 10588">Back when I was single and had almost unlimited money, I had a pair of jeans that was made in the US. I paid over $200 for them (&quot;fancy pants&quot; as Owen Benjamin would have it). Even then, the fabric was imported. Who knows how much they would have cost with American-grown cotton, weaved in the US. To be fair, I think this is inline with what people used to pay for clothes before globalization. For most of history it&#039;s my understanding that most people had not much more than one set of clothes, because clothing was incredibly expensive. This is probably why you see admonitions to &quot;clothe the naked&quot; in the Bible, because people sometimes had to literally walk around nude for lack of being able to afford clothes. Probably also why the soldier cast lots for Christ&#039;s clothing at the crucifixion. You wouldn&#039;t imagine Jesus dressed ostentatiously, but even a simple, plain robe back then was a thing of significant value. Even as recently as 100 years ago, most people probably only had two or three sets of pants and shirts, and one pair of shoes if they were lucky.I&#039;ve got...I don&#039;t know, maybe a dozen shirts in my closet right now, twice that if we count t-shirts, and my wardrobe isn&#039;t particularly large by today&#039;s standards. I would actually favor going back to more expensive, higher quality clothing made in the US myself, but I don&#039;t know if most people would be on board with clothing costing five or ten times more, and that probably doesn&#039;t only apply to clothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bucky, post: 1314852, member: 10588"] Back when I was single and had almost unlimited money, I had a pair of jeans that was made in the US. I paid over $200 for them ("fancy pants" as Owen Benjamin would have it). Even then, the fabric was imported. Who knows how much they would have cost with American-grown cotton, weaved in the US. To be fair, I think this is inline with what people used to pay for clothes before globalization. For most of history it's my understanding that most people had not much more than one set of clothes, because clothing was incredibly expensive. This is probably why you see admonitions to "clothe the naked" in the Bible, because people sometimes had to literally walk around nude for lack of being able to afford clothes. Probably also why the soldier cast lots for Christ's clothing at the crucifixion. You wouldn't imagine Jesus dressed ostentatiously, but even a simple, plain robe back then was a thing of significant value. Even as recently as 100 years ago, most people probably only had two or three sets of pants and shirts, and one pair of shoes if they were lucky. I've got...I don't know, maybe a dozen shirts in my closet right now, twice that if we count t-shirts, and my wardrobe isn't particularly large by today's standards. I would actually favor going back to more expensive, higher quality clothing made in the US myself, but I don't know if most people would be on board with clothing costing five or ten times more, and that probably doesn't only apply to clothing. [/QUOTE]

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