Building a more resilient and equitable apparel industry
Why Transparency Matters
Today, overseas manufacturing operations make up 98% of the clothing we purchase here in the United States. This makes it difficult to learn anything about where our clothes come from, or to exercise our buying power to influence the market.
We believe consumers have a right to know the supply chain for all apparel, and they do for TS Designs t-shirts, from the farmers who grow the cotton to the folks who sew the cloth together. That’s why back in 2008, we launched Where Your Clothing with our flagship Cotton of the Carolinas t-shirt, allowing customers to trace every step of their shirt’s journey.
It’s not just about curiosity, it’s about accountability. We believe that knowing where your clothing comes from is the first step toward building a fairer, more sustainable apparel industry.
Today, We are excited to relaunch WhereYourClothing.com, an upgraded, interactive tool that lets you trace every step of your TS Designs t-shirt’s journey.
Try it out! Break out your old TS Designs or Solid State Clothing t-shirt and head on over to WhereYourClothing.com. If you don’t have one, take a look around the site and learn about us:
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QR Code: If there is one on your shirt just scan it to take you directly to its page
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Track Your Apparel: If there is a 12 digit code on your shirt’s neck label enter it on the home page
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Supply Chains: Search by brand if there is not a code
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Partners: You can see our partners who have branded supply chain pages. Ask us if you would like to inquire about having yours!
The website shows you where your garments were grown and made, reinforcing our commitment to radical transparency throughout the entire production process. We supply an image of the contact person, their phone number, email, and a physical address for the manufacturers in our supply chains.
This level of access may seem simple, but it’s incredibly rare. Most clothing brands don’t share any part of their supply chains and many don’t even know them, nor have any interest in finding out.
Note: We provide as much information as possible, however we lack access to some of the information in the supply chains that we do not directly control. As it is not normalized for companies to ask details, the information is often lost or never tracked to begin with. Our long-term goal is to create an apparel system that normalizes transparency, but for now, we will continue to ask the questions that so many have ignored.
We think it’s time to change and it starts with you. When you know where and how your clothes are made, you can make more informed choices. By exercising your buying power, you can help shift the apparel industry toward greater transparency, fairness, and sustainability.
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TS Designs is a t-shirt manufacturer that produces the highest quality printed apparel through a domestic, transparent, and trackable supply chain. We use only natural fibers & earth friendly printing, always grown and made in the USA.