Is there anything more quintessentially American than blue jeans? Denim is so entrenched in the American psyche that it can be easy to forget that most jeans have been manufactured overseas for decades.

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To explore this disconnect — and to dive into the trials and tribulations of bringing domestic denim manufacturing back — WWD’s sister publication Sourcing Journal themed its Summer SJ Denim edition the “Made in America” Issue.

In this podcast episode, Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal’s executive editor and denim editor, chats with Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, about what Made in America denim really means and why it is so hard to fully achieve.

“More factories would help, but who’s going to invest in building those?” Ve

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