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42. The home sewing industry

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 11:55 AM

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began it's major demise in the late 70's, early 80's. I was in the "needle trades" at the time, and home sewing machines like Singer, Bernina, etc were flailing.............it seemed the crashing of the industry was caused by all the incredibly cheap off shore labor in the Garment industry........Making garments/clothes cheaper to buy from abroad, than to sew here in the U.S. or sew yourself........

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