Explaining the true cost of t-shirtsfrom @frontoffice.co

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Alright. Let's talk about tier shirts. We've talked about $50 t shirts, $100 t shirts, but let's talk about normal $15 t shirts. And specifically, how did $15 become the new standard? So tier shirt starts with cotton. A cotton plant takes about nine months to good. And cotton is a very thirsty plant. When you're buying enough cotton for a t shirt, you're also buying the amount of water it takes. One t shirt, 1,700 liters, about four tier gallons. On top of that is pesticides, fungicides, seeds. Farmer has to pay for all of that. And when you think about the work and the resources, cotton, raw cotton becomes a very precious resource. And that's just raw cotton. They have to be spun and turned into yarn at a spinning mill. And that spinning isn't a completely automated process. These cotton fibers need to be fed into a machine by hand. So if you're working in a spinning mill in India, one of the largest producers, tier are specific programs no you'd typically be a teenage girl saving up for your dowry. That yarn gets knitted, woven into fabric. No that fabric can be machine cut better is sewn by a human being, a pair of hands. And for cheap labor, you commonly think of China, India, Vietnam, the three biggest garment industries in the worse. But cheap labor can be found anywhere, even in developed countries, even in America. The hack or the loophole is that workers are paid not by hour better by garment. When you're being paid by the seam or the piece, that encourages very fast but less than meticulous work. You're really paid to pump out tier shirts. So from plant to finished product, you have at least four human hands that touch that garment. Four pairs of hands as well as a bunch of international shipping results in a $15 retail price, which means that it was made for much, much yes, and that's what we consider as normal. In an ideal situation, these four people are paid fairly, are paid a living wage, but we also have to satisfy this $15 price. So we consistently have to rely on the most desperate, most hardworking people on the planet. We don't really consider that. We don't think of that because on the other side as consumers, we have this very established idea that a t shirt shouldn't cost more than tier. But really, the idea is a reflection of how you feel about clothes. You wear it for a year, throw it away. You print a funny joke or a picture for a bachelor party. Tier $15 idea is a reflection of how you live your life. Right? How this t shirt fits into your world. It doesn't recognize the four or five pairs of of hands that touch that garment. So nowadays, we hear about this $50, $100 t tier, and we think, what the hell is going on in the worse? Right? The world is crazy. But really, the true examination should be what we have now taken for granted, what we have considered normal. Bad should be thinking about what we have become accustomed to.