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Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

georgia mays union jack jeans.jpgUnion Jacked: The shredded, Union Jack peek-a-boo jeans Georgia wears in Hudson’s ads? They’re actually for sale. They retail for $297 and we kind of desperately want them. {Hudson}

The Aftermath: Taylor Jacobson says she no longer speaks to anyone in the Rachel Zoe camp. She’s been recruited to talk Twilight fashion with Louise Roe in this video, hates Robert Pattinson’s boots, but loves his Marc Jacobs suit. {E!}

Let Us Count the Ways: We love it when our mascot pops up in the most unexpected places, like on the Lands End website in a striped turtleneck and khakis. We can still hope she walks the Victoria’s Secret runway tomorrow, right? {LandsEnd}

Speaking of VS: Apparently even supermodels have to wait to a year to get their wings. Chanel Iman says she’s not going to be wearing any in her first appearance on the lingerie company’s runway. {InStyle}

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american apparel.jpgWe’ve always loved American Apparel, and not just for their stock of basics, but for that second part of their name- “Made In Downtown LA.”


But truth be told, we shop at a million other places, too, and a lot of them have labels that read more like, “Made in Taiwan.”

Today’s Wall Street Journal details the lives of two different cashmere sweaters, one designer and one mountain-wear. The first is is a $750 version from Brunello Cucinelli, made in a 17th century castle in Umbria where the workers enjoy siesta on a daily basis. The other comes from Lands’ End, $100, and manufactured in China (their spokesperson would not say where in China, only things like, “The employees feel honored to be employed there.” The WSJ thinks the sweater is made in less-than-okay conditions.)

But while the choice may seem clear from an ethical standpoint, what if you don’t have $750 to drop on a top? Do you abstain from clothing made in questionable situations altogether, or do you simply go for the cheaper sweater and argue that you could spend some of your savings on charity?

Obviously everybody wishes that sweat shops didn’t exist and that every clothing option was a moral one.

But since that’s not the reality at all, we’re wondering- does where, and how, a garment’s made dictate where you shop?