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Why Isn't More Clothing Made In Canada?


Why Isn’t More Clothing Made In Canada?
Buying affordable domestically made clothing isn’t as easy as the “shop local” mantra makes it sound. Here’s how we got here and what it would take for the industry to return to its former glory.
Isabel Slone
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(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)
Midway through 2020, a year in which many people abandoned office attire for the warm embrace of sweatpants, the Toronto-based sustainable fashion label Encircled launched its “comfy dress shirt.” Cut from Modal, a soft, jersey-like fibre made from beechwood pulp, the $134 top represented a happy medium between pre- and post pandemic dressing: relaxed yet still dressy enough to wear for endless Zoom meetings. It sold out in less than 48 hours. ....

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