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I've seen many accusations and exposes of clothing brands secretly sourcing sweat shop labor, but this is the first time I've seen anyone allege that sellers ar
by mattmcal 2mo ago
I've seen many accusations and exposes of clothing brands secretly sourcing sweat shop labor, but this is the first time I've seen anyone allege that sellers are secretly hiding the fact their clothing is made in high-tech ethical factories.
- Sprocklem 2mo agoMe too. My understanding is that clothing manufacturing is basically impossible to automate with our current level of technology, due to the difficulty of manipulating fabric.
- pineapplepizza6 2mo agoI think T-shirts are automated, that's why they're so cheap. Because it's a very simple construction.
- Sprocklem 2mo agoThey are a simple construction, but I'm not sure I've seen any evidence that their construction is automated.
- nom 2mo agoI'm sure they can't automate shirts because the super cheap ones somehow always are Made in Bangladesh. If they could use less human labor they would make them somewhere else. I believe socks can be fully automated and are mostly made in china.
- tijtij 2mo agoThere is a startup called Unspun that wants to make many types of clothing production fully automated by weaving the complete end product in place. Similar to how socks are woven today.
- Wingman4l7 2mo agoThe current way to make a "finished" clothing product is called "whole garment knitting". Only two companies make machines that can do this; designing the garments is a pain with the current software stack. Most clothing is "cut and sew" -- you make a simple sheet of knitted material and cut and sew a garment out of that sheet. It is wasteful and heavily reliant on cheap labor.
- soltanov 2mo agoMaybe in high tech ethical factories, maybe automation with cheap labor. But i think automation with robots can be possible with ai nowadays.