{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Incidentally, American Apparel was *absolutely* key to the '90s t-shirt glory, but as a wholesaler not retailer\n\nA lot of it had...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/122494616113/", "html": "<p>Incidentally, American Apparel was *absolutely* key to the &lsquo;90s t-shirt glory, but as a wholesaler not retailer</p>\n\n<p>A lot of it had to do with free trade agreements and the fall of the Carolinas-based U.S. cheap textile industry, giving rise to cheaper options from elsewhere or better domestically</p>\n\n<p>AmAppy got by in those days off the U.S. military, only domestic manufacturer left capable of delivering big contracts.</p>"}