A $2,000 Sweater Reveals Fashion’s True Cost

Content creator Macy Gilliam spent 90 hours over four months and approximately $2,000 to produce a sweater, beginning with wool sourced from a sheep at Queens County Farm Museum in New York City. Gilliam appeared on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the project. She stated that the process altered her perspective on labor involved in clothing production and highlighted questions regarding transparency, quality, and ethics in fashion supply chains.

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