Would You Pay $80 for a T-Shirt? The Cost of Fully American-Made Clothing

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These prices dont take into account where theclothing(or shoes) were made.

What is the cost of fully American-made clothing?And what factors go into the overall price?

[It] would be $50-$80 to cover wholesale and retail margins, overhead and profit.

Higher-grade fabrics like premium or organic cotton cost more.

So, this could drastically influence a [T-shirts] final cost, said Alvarado.

A shirt that costs $2 to produce in China might cost $20 to produce in the States.

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