{"product_id":"american-flannel-how-a-band-of-entrepreneurs-are-bringing-the-art-and-business-of-making-clothes-back-home-9780593329610","title":"American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eI can confidently say this will be one of my favorite books of 2024.\" --Stephen King, bestselling author (and onetime millworker) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Flannel\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book--surprising, entertaining, vivid and personal, but also enlightening on the largest questions of America's economic and social future.\" --James Fallows, co-author of \u003ci\u003eOur Towns\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe little-engine-that-could story of how a band of scrappy entrepreneurs are reviving the enterprise of manufacturing clothing in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For decades, clothing manufacture was a pillar of U.S. industry. But beginning in the 1980s, Americans went from wearing 70 percent domestic-made apparel to almost none. Even the very symbol of American freedom and style--blue jeans--got outsourced. With offshoring, the nation lost not only millions of jobs but also crucial expertise and artistry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dismayed by shoddy imported \"fast fashion\"--and unable to stop dreaming of re-creating a favorite shirt from his youth--Bayard Winthrop set out to build a new company, American Giant, that would swim against this trend. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Steven Kurutz, in turn, began to follow Winthrop's journey. He discovered other trailblazers as well, from the \"Sock Queen of Alabama\" to a pair of father-son shoemakers and a men's style blogger who almost single-handedly drove a campaign to make \"Made in the USA\" cool. Eye-opening and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Flannel\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how a band of visionaries and makers are building a new supply chain on the skeleton of the old and wedding old-fashioned craftsmanship to cutting-edge technology and design to revive an essential American dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Kurutz\u003c\/b\u003e has been a features reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for more than a decade. His magazine article \"Fruitland,\" about the music of Donnie and Joe Emerson, was adapted for the feature film \u003ci\u003eDreamin' Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLike a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, he currently lives in New England with his family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593960984850,"sku":"9780593329610","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47a32cff-a3e7-4bdd-bf61-ee630cbbb0fe.jpg?v=1732124218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-flannel-how-a-band-of-entrepreneurs-are-bringing-the-art-and-business-of-making-clothes-back-home-9780593329610","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}