Textile Production Is Moving. Who Really Makes America’s Clothes? | Robert Antoshak

Tariffs are changing the economics of textile and apparel sourcing, while companies are spreading production through places such as Vietnam, Mexico, and other markets. China is no longer the same default it once was. But does that mean textile manufacturing is actually moving in a lasting way?

The answer is more complicated than comparing tariff rates or factory wages. Cost still matters, but other parts of the production structure can change the calculation when companies decide where to invest and where to source.

Robert Antoshak, Managing Partner of Gherzi Americas, has spent more than four decades across the textile and apparel supply chain. He joins us to explain what country-of-origin labels do and do not tell you, and what a competitive U.S. textile industry could realistically look like now.
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00:00 Intro
01:36 Why China Moved to Vietnam
04:30 Tracking Our Clothes' DNA
09:19 Who Actually Pays Tariffs?
11:37 The Hidden Math of Mexico
13:16 Why a $5 Shirt Costs $100
16:45 How America Lost the Market
26:10 The Truth About Reshoring
28:38 The "Made in USA" Illusion
30:25 The Fast Fashion Loophole
33:09 Dying Department Stores
35:21 The Dark Side of Returns
37:20 Why Clothes Are Made to Fail
39:31 Silicon Valley's Secret
47:22 Engineers, Not Seamstresses
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