I am embarrassed to say that this pantsuit still had tags and was never worn.
A small tag with an interesting location. I was shocked to see "Made in Ukraine". Something I would NOT have glanced at 20 years ago.
This suit carries the quiet marks of the 1990s & 100% polyester, built to last, wrinkle-resistant, and ready for everything. The tag tells its own journey: Made in Ukraine, part of the #global #textile shift of the late 20th century when #clothing production spread across the world. All but gone today.
Sometimes the smallest label is a little time capsule stitched into fabric. Who would have guessed that I clean out my closet to find a garment made in now war torn Ukraine.
#VintageClothing #1990sStyle #Textile #VintageSuit #Fashion #Ukraine #FashionHistory #HistoryInTheDetails #Clothes #declutter #downsize
2,750 store global mall retailer with over 200 stores in UK files another #Chapter11 #bankruptcy proceeding , it's second since #prepandemic 2018.
Claire’s Holdings LLC retail brand focused on #bling for teens & tweens falters again, issuing press release blaming "macroeconomic and retail-specific market pressures" and "#retail challenges".
Brand first emerged in 1960's out of suburban Chicago, and did well until a 2007 leveraged buyout by the destructive #WallSt forces at Apollo #Management and then became operated by the debt jugglers at #JPMorgan, Elliott #Management and Monarch #AlternativeCapital who had recently set aside #IPO plans and piloted the once high flying #fashion accessories biz into the ground.
Current board overlords plan to #downsize biz and sorta dig out of Big #Billion+ $ hole by firing thousands and shut hundreds of stores, while seeking a buyer for about 800 remaining #ShoppingMall locations.
https://www.retaildive.com/news/claires-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-store-closures-sale/756910/
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#Musk efforts to #downsize federal agencies could result in the #layoffs of tens of thousands of federal workers, whose lost income could potentially reduce their spending, affecting businesses and the #economy at large.
To hide the onset of #recession or #downturn, Commerce Secretary Howard #Lutnick said that he might exclude government spending from #GDP. That would distort the measure of economy’s health as taxes, spending, deficits and regulations impact growth.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product. There are growing questions about whether the spending cuts pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency could cause a recession. Speaking on Fox News, Lutnick said he would change GDP to make it “transparent.” The commerce secretary was echoing Musk’s arguments, made Friday on X, his social media platform, that government spending doesn’t create value for the economy.
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