By Evann Gastaldo
Kid Rock loves Detroit, and the story of the rocker saving the Made in Detroit clothing line from bankruptcy is certainly a heartwarming one. With just one small problem: The Made in Detroit shirts aren’t actually made in Detroit, Detroit Free Press writer Susan Tompor discovered.
The design originated in the Motor City, but the Clarkston company buys its T-shirts from manufacturers in the Dominican Republic, India, Honduras, and even Ohio. Worse, many of the adult shirts no longer carry a label stating where they were made, Tompor writes. Tommy Dubak, who runs operations for the brand, says that’s simply a design choice made partially because he “hated tags in my shirts.”
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He says he does not believe there’s any problem with removing the tags, but one staff attorney at the FTC says that organization could take action if a T-shirt does not follow proper labeling rules. “Sure, many clothes are no longer made in the USA,” writes Tompor. “But sadly, you’d have to wish that a Made in Detroit T-shirt wasn’t one of them.”
Do you see anything wrong with him saying it is made in Detroit when it is actually not?
