No More Athleisure, Brick And Mortar, Made in China? How Fashion Will Change In 2017

Fast Company ^ | December 26, 2016 | Elizabeth Segran

[Mr. Jeeves]

The biggest barrier to Made in America clothing is simple: the art has been lost. All the tax breaks in the world can't compensate for a lack of young people willing to sit at in front of sewing machine and learn how to make clothes. Just try to get a Millennial interested in sewing clothes for a living. And America's remaining experienced garment makers are decades past their prime and already at retirement age.

Is robotic manufacturing the answer? Maybe, but there are still a lot of engineering and cost obstacles to producing quality garments entirely by machine.

We gave the garment industry away three decades ago. It can't be brought back any time soon in any substantial way.

[Svartalfiar]

The awkward portmanteau refers to athletic clothing that can be worn during leisure activities (i.e., everyday life)

So basically, athleisure is like wearing your basketball shorts around the house. Like guys have been doing since shorts were invented. It's just a new term to make girls want to buy new stuff.

[Tax-chick]

... athleisure is like wearing your basketball shorts around the house everywhere.

In my opinion, which I state firmly in my husband's hearing but not right at him, wearing gym clothes in public (which doesn't include around the house or for yardwork), unless you're on a trip to the gym, is affected and lower class.

[Mike Darancette]

She predicts that in 2017, customers will increasingly visit stores to get curated experiences from shop representatives.

Oh, how I miss the minimum wage slackers who exist only to judge my style.