Comments on: Is Alternative Apparel Really Sweatshop Free?

By: Berto

Berto — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:36:11 +0000

Are you trying to be an ass? Of course he didn’t mean
a)the richest of the US
B)That happiness is based off material goods – like SUV’s and iPods. ha

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:05:38 +0000

This is interesting to me as I am in the midst of starting my own clothing company. Up until this point, we were planning on using AA’s products for our upcoming line of clothing.

And from what i’ve read, AA seems to be a HUGE turn off to the consumers. As a consumer, who are some wholesales that you are 100% confident and comdfortable with?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:23:05 +0000

Alternative gives out a list of their countries. They work in Thailand, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, USA, India, Nicaragua and China.

Now the question is, if they only adhere to these countries policies, are the policies in these countries any good?

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:35:20 +0000

Zazzle.com also offers other brands with dubious labor histories, and does NOT allow you to make those brands unavailable for sale. Zazzle may be bigger, but Skreened’s model is superior in that it offers you more control.

By: Iroquois

Iroquois — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:16:38 +0000

zazzle.com has added the same American Apparel brand that skreened.com carries.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:17:58 +0000

Skreened.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:16:44 +0000

So, did you ever find a site to print political t-shirts that was up to your standards? I’m looking for the same thing and having a hard time…

Thanks for any tips!

By: susie

susie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:18:55 +0000

i have the same suspicions about alternative apparel — i think if their labor were fair or credible, they’d be using it as a marketing tactic, too, instead of accusing competitors of poor marketing strategies.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:43:58 +0000

Instead of talking about how Alternative Apparel must be hiding something or why they don’t say what other countries they manufacture in, why don’t you just give them an email or call them? Maybe they’ll be able to give you some proof or maybe not.

By: J. Clifford

J. Clifford — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:28:40 +0000

Very credible too, signing that statement “me”. I could just as well leave a message here claiming to be someone from Alternative Apparel, signing it “me”, and saying everything’s cool, to just trust “me”.

Sorry, “me”. You need to do better than that. Give us proof. The garment industry has too long a history of abusing people for trust to be enough.