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Next Clothing — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:32:49 -0000

I looked at the no sweat website and the items seem to be of good quality and style. What concerns me about things like "fair trade" and "organic" is the fact you generally seem to pay more and it is like the consumer has to pay more just to have a better conscience and I expect the company's selling these items are not reducing their profits one iota!

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Yvonne — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:36:01 -0000

I like trying new apparels in the market..Its too good to have the new apparels on the eve of Christmas these days..Thanks for the post..

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Hans Mast — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:39:11 -0000

This isn't the way to help people. What you are doing is the equivalent of buying things at WalMart and then throwing money at a few random, select people in poor countries. When will the rich nations learn that throwing money at poverty doesn't solve it? WalMart prices are fair prices. In fact, WalMart drives up wages in poor countries. The whole "Fair Trade" movement is nothing more than the failed communist model at its root. It makes the critical mistake in thinking that "fair" is based on one of two things: 1. The wages or standard of living in the US; 2. An absolute standard of living (like, enough to support a family with food and shelter). Neither of these are what is fair. What is fair is what the market determines. If you make it more than that, they will get less in the end. (China's "unfair labor practices" have made their people increasingly wealthy at an astonishing rate.) Anyway... I've had my rant... Tootles! :-D

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dean — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:36:55 -0000

Another really nice site, although it has a much smaller selection is Dotted line Shirts You probably heard of them already. I like the new design.

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jason — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:02:03 -0000

interesting stuff...like the new look as well btw