★ Office of Origin & Disclosure ★
Supply Chain Transparency
We believe you have a right to know exactly where your merchandise comes from. That is why this page exists. It has existed for some time.
What follows is complete. Nothing has been left out, because nothing was gathered that could be left out.
Chain of custody
| Stage | Location | Verified by |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton | The earth | Self-evident |
| Thread | Elsewhere on the earth | Not disputed |
| Weaving | A facility | The facility |
| Dyeing | The same facility, later | Same |
| Cutting | Adjacent to the above | By proximity |
| Quality control | Assumed throughout | Nobody complained |
| Printing | Domestic | Confirmed in full |
| Patriotism | Applied at printing | Felt |
| Packing | Withheld pending nothing | Pending |
| Shipping | Across a body of water | The water |
Distance travelled
Measurable
Every item in this catalogue travels a measurable distance before it reaches your door. We know this because distance is measurable and the item arrives.
The specific figure is held by the party best placed to hold it. We have not asked them for it, out of respect for their work.
Facilities audited
All of them
Every facility in the chain has been audited to the standard set by this document, which is this document.
No facility has ever failed. We attribute this to the facilities and, in fairness, to the standard.
Our commitments
- We commit to knowing where our products are made.
- We commit to the continued existence of that knowledge.
- We commit to reviewing this commitment on a schedule of our choosing.
- We commit to publishing the review, in the sense that this page is published.
- We commit to never knowingly misleading you, which is why this page says so little.
Questions we receive
- Where are your products made?
- In facilities. We have never said otherwise and we are not saying otherwise now.
- Which facilities?
- The ones listed above, in the order listed above.
- How far does a garment travel before it reaches me?
- The figure is available on request. Requests are not currently being accepted.
- Who conducts your audits?
- An independent party. Their independence is total and is reviewed by us annually.
- May I see an audit?
- The audits are written, filed and complete. Viewing is a separate programme.
- Which ocean is it, specifically?
- A large one. We are not in the business of ranking oceans.
- Your shirts say Made by Patriots. Is that a country?
- It is a standard. Countries are a separate field and appear further down the tag.
- So the patriots are in China.
- That is your sentence. We would never put it that way and have now read it twice.
- Is any of this a real answer?
- Every word of it is accurate. We would like you to notice that this is not the same thing.
Summary of the above
Made in China.
Proudly made by patriots. Both of these are on the tag. Only one of them is printed large.
This page took eleven sections to arrive at a sentence that fits on a label. We consider that the transparency.
Nothing on this page is a disclosure. Everything on it is disclosed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter