We’ve been pretty committed to having it all from the United States. So from the cotton in the ground, through the yarn and the knitting and the dyeing and finishing and sewing, all the way through, it was sort of a principled stand of ours, in part just ’cause we wanted to prove that we could do it and it would allow us to stay very close to the products and the people that were making the things that we were selling. There’s some exceptions to that. Like, if we sold a merino wool program, for example, there’s not a lot of merino wool in the United States, but effectively, everything we make, all inputs are domestically sourced.

We have allowed ourselves to get so dependent on cheap goods imported from overseas that unwinding that is going to take partnership and time and communication and leadership and clarity. I think giving some time to allow countries to adjust and businesses to adjust would be helpful to give people the opportunity to begin to think a little bit about where are we heading and how are we going to adjust to it.

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