Telling the story of a garment means knowing who made it, where, and when. This map comes from that: the brands that produced the garments we collect, each placed back where it was founded. The cotton mills of the American South, the New England knitwear mills, the sportswear brands that dressed colleges and teams, the European and Japanese factories.

For each brand the map holds the founding year, the industrial history it passed through and the garments that carry its label, available right now. A search by name, city, state or country leads straight to the matching dot.