How to read the tag in a work garment, and who still owns the name on it
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Four American workwear names hang on the same rack, and only two of them are still owned by the families that started them. This page has the ownership table with every date and filing behind it, and the four things to read on the in-seam tag of a garment you already own: where the style number sits, why the RN number tells you nothing about the garment, where the country of manufacture is stated, and the three extra words that change what Made in U.S.A. legally means.
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