Suits, Aargh!
Out with the ostentatiousness and snobbery, in with the new guy in the Carhartt hoodie
This morning, I flipped on the TV and watched the usual assemblage of Republican senators and congresspeople mouthing off. All those good-for-nothing liars in Brooks Brothers and Ralph Lauren selling out the American people to line the pockets of those who wear Brioni and Kiton.
I hate suits! I particularly hate custom suits made by Brioni ($6,000 or more) and Kiton (sometimes more than $14,000).
Over breakfast, I got to thinking about the man soon to be in the Senate who — I hope, I hope — will dress like a person who wants to get things done for the people: John Fetterman. I pictured the Pennsylvania senator-elect in his Carhartt hoodie on the Senate floor “holding Washington accountable.” Just like he promised:
“Fighting inflation and lowering costs starts with making more stuff in America and bringing jobs home,” he will say. “We need to bring back American manufacturing by strengthening ‘Buy American’ requirements for companies that do business with the federal government and mandating that companies we buy from make their products right here at home.”
Carhartt already makes stuff in America. The company’s Made in the USA line is manufactured in four facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. If you go to the Carhartt site, you’ll see a sweatshirt that looks like the one Fetterman wears.
Meanwhile, although several brands claim to manufacture suits in the U.S., the only claim I could substantiate was by Hardwick. Its website states that its suits, which go for about $700, are “American Made.”
Perhaps Fetterman and the Democrats can hold Washington accountable and get a bill passed to make more suits in America.
But why? Why do any of us, particularly U.S. Senators, buy suits — even $700 American-made suits — and then spend $35 per suit for a cleaning process that is way too hard on the environment? Why all this nonsense when a good pair of jeans and a sweatshirt cost only about $100, can be thrown in a washing…
