Sarah Gonzalez

Not many.

The governments in a lot of the countries where our clothes are made today actually subsidize those state-of-the-art fancy factories.

And unless the U.S.

were to do the same, Aisha says she cannot imagine that there would be the right incentives for anyone to invest in more U.S.

Yeah, the U.S.

outsourced a lot of its garment making expertise a long time ago.

Other countries got really good at making clothes, not just sewing clothes, but like the pattern making, fitting, making a bra.

Not a simple sports bra like our purple bra, but like a legit structured support bra with cups and the whole thing.

Aisha says the U.S.

Different countries have become experts at different things.

One country might be really great at making cheap pearl buttons for our clothes.

Another great at working with silk.

the U.S.

is apparently not known for its silk work.

You really want to go to where silk production originated for good silk work.

So China.

But

There is a garment manufacturing industry in the U.S., right?

That's what Maria does.

And if you're wondering why there is any industry left at all when clothes can be made cheaper, sometimes even better abroad, here's why.