Here in Las Vegas, amongst the handshakes, the meetings, and conversations I have noticed that brands and sourcing pros are looking to manufacturer more and more in the USA instead of going overseas. While certainly the volume of production going offshore is enormous the word on the street is that "speed to market" is often overtaking other factors when it comes to deciding where to product garments and with the costs rising in places like China domestic sources are starting to become more in demand. Moreover, domestic quality is very good - premium denim production for example in Los Angeles is almost nonpareil. Ironically, so much of the cut & sew work that has gone overseas in the past 10-15 years left a fairly large hole in places like California where demand for production is now growing again. My prediction.... look for USA garment production to make a recovery over the next few years.
