Article Concept for Avery Truffelman, Articles of Interest There's a fresh pulse in American textile manufacturing right now. It's the hum of antique looms. A few years ago, Cone Mill’s White Oak plant shut down and its Draper X3 shuttle looms scattered. Vidalia Mills tried to resurrect them in Louisiana but flopped. Now Mount Vernon Mills is acquiring and reinstalling those same looms in Georgia, effectively trying to keep the last great American selvedge denim lineage aliv

In the years after World War II, “Made in Japan” was not a mark of excellence. In the United States and Europe, it signaled cheap, flimsy, and disposable goods. Japanese exports competed primarily on price, and their international manufacturing reputation was poor. Doesn’t this sound familiar to our current opinions about the country that makes most American goods today? Japan’s transformation was not cosmetic; it was in their process. In the early 1950s, American quality ex

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