No Sweatshop T-Shirt
Amy made this “No Sweatshop” t-shirt to support her Southeastern New England Fibershed and to prove that you can make a t-shirt that’s fully traceable! She’s been using t-shirts as a medium to get people to ask where their clothes have come from for years. Wearing it you also get people to ask, without saying a word, “where DID my t-shirt come from???”
This statement t-shirt totally channels the activist designer Katherine Hamnett’s famous t-shirts that originated in 1983 with the iconic “CHOOSE LIFE” shirt, inspired by Buddhist philosophy and designed to make a large, readable political statement.
The brand became famous for its use of oversized, bold lettering on t-shirts to spread messages about social and political causes, such as anti-nuclear protests and environmentalism.
Made at American Roots, a union-made clothing company based in Westbrook, Maine, the company focuses on using 100% American-sourced materials. You can find the amazing story of American Roots in the book Making it in America.
Having gone to the factory and met all the people who made the t-shirt, Amy can vouch this t-shirt was not only NOT made in a sweatshop, it was made by people who love their job, get paid fairly, have medical and dental and are protected by a union.
Hell ya.