Comments on: Buying US-made clothing, so far

By: Cynthia Bradley

Cynthia Bradley — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:56:54 +0000

Have you seen the website http://www.shopforamerica.com? It has lots of US-made clothing, furniture and more.

By: Boy in the Bands

Boy in the Bands — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:02:08 +0000

Finding sweatshop-free underwear…

Ms. Theologian is currently considering sweatshop-free clothes here and here, beginning with a confession about underwear.

I’ve written about men’s underwear here, here and here. (Is it any wonder I’m banned in China? And why I att...

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:43:16 +0000

I have my No Bulls shoes and belt on right now. I’ve never loved a shoe so much. The belt is pretty good too, but its harder to get excited about belts.

Thanks for the word about shaving brushes. I wet shave and every so often I look down to my brush and drone the “Badger, Badger, Badger” chant and feel a little sad. OK, now I sound crazy.

By: Charlie Talbert

Charlie Talbert — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:09:42 +0000

Pangea’s “No-Bull” dress shoes are tops in my opinion; I hope you like yours. They seem to last forever, they breathe well, and they don’t show scuff marks as much as leather shoes do. Their belts are high quality, too.

Last year Pangea began offering non-animal shaving brushes, which I had not been able to find before. Lathering up with a brush makes shaving a pleasure.

I wish like you I lived near their store, but they do have a reliable mail order business.

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:31:20 +0000

Wacky. But that’s why I use the more secure Firefox. (I’m guessing you’re using Internet Explorer.)

For what it’s worth, ZebulonUSA had prompt customer service and the president answered a pointed question plainly (Do they sell clothing made in the Northern Marianas Islands? No.) I got what I ordered — no muss, no fuss.

By: Ms. Theologian

Ms. Theologian — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:20:05 +0000

Well, I’ve never seen this message before from McAfee Site Advisor, but here it is:

zebulonusa.com may cause a breach of browser security.
Why were you redirected to this page? In our tests, this site attempted to make unauthorized changes to our test PC by exploiting a browser security vulnerability. This is a serious security threat which could lead to an infection of your PC.

What do you think that’s about?

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:27:48 +0000

My site advisor won’t let me go to Zebulon

What?

By: Ms. Theologian

Ms. Theologian — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:48:24 +0000

Thank you for digging up these posts, because I was going to today, once I’m not under deadline.

My site advisor won’t let me go to Zebulon, but I absolutely love Pangea.

And I think you’re going about this absolutely the right way, which is to find the manufacturer of US goods first. I keep trying to find items I like, and then see if they’re made in China, and, of course, they all are. Death to my lust for J-41 shoes.