# Where was your shirt made? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137 "2010-07-27T02:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/21 "2010-07-27T05:12:43Z")
Colorado. Paradise On A Hanger Hawai’ian shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/22 "2010-07-27T08:11:09Z")
India. Oh, what must the seamstress have thought, making a 5XL shirt, while making 11 cents an hour and subsisting on gruel… Joe ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/23 "2010-07-27T08:51:44Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Purchased in Canada, made in Indonesia. Same! Maybe we’re wearing the same thing! 🆒 Mine is a dress, though, not a shirt. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/24 "2010-07-27T11:29:21Z")
Made in China, bought in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/25 "2010-07-27T11:33:49Z")
Made in the Dominican Republic, bought in the US. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/26 "2010-07-27T11:51:06Z")
I’m wearing [body bark](https://www.bodybark.com/shoppingcart/pages/About-Body-Bark.html), it’s made in the U.S.A. from beechwood! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/27 "2010-07-27T12:22:05Z")
Made in China, bought in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/28 "2010-07-27T13:06:41Z")
I know without looking. Made in LA, purchased in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/29 "2010-07-27T13:44:53Z")
Made in Peru. Izod. Surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/30 "2010-07-27T14:02:15Z")
Made in Grenada, purchased in Grenada. Handmade Batik. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/31 "2010-07-27T14:12:22Z")
The majority of textile manufacturing moved from North America and Europe to Asia Pacific over the last 10 years. Textile workers in the US and Europe are antiques except for some specialty niche manufacturers. It is cheaper for the U.S. consumer to import clothes made in Asia Pacific, than it is to manufacture them locally. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/32 "2010-07-27T14:37:47Z")
I’m wearing a “Hawaiian” shirt purchased in Pennsylvania, made in Korea (I assume South) of all places. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/33 "2010-07-27T15:14:10Z")
I’m wearing a Hanes tank top made in Cambodia. I’m in the US but oddly the tag is written in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/34 "2010-07-27T15:15:32Z")
El Salvador. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/35 "2010-07-27T15:20:08Z")
It’s a Daniel Cremieux polo shirt (whoever the hell he is), made in the Phillippines. Bought in the US. I would have bet India. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/36 "2010-07-27T15:24:52Z")
The one I wore today was made in Italy. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/37 "2010-07-27T15:34:17Z")
Merona mens tshirt made in Mauritus bought in CA. This surprises me. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/38 "2010-07-27T16:30:35Z")
It’s a Hanes, made in Honduras. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/39 "2010-07-27T23:05:48Z")
Made in Jordan, bought in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137/40 "2010-07-27T23:15:28Z")
Roundtree and Yorke, bought at Dillards in Missouri. Made in China. The brand used to be made in Indonesia, and was better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-your-shirt-made/548137.md?page=3)