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Manufacturing
On a roll
Denim production once defined US textile manufacturing but a focus on quantity over quality nearly snuffed it out. Now Vidalia Mills is bucking the fast-fashion trend.
Fashion
Material culture
Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.
Retail
Making a stand
From 1960s fashion dominance to today's global supply chains, we explore how iconic US brands navigated offshoring, rising costs and the surprising resurgence of domestic manufacturing.
