nathanm
Eats Squid
It really is. We used to have such an amazing manufacturing industry.It's a sad reality, but it's not everyone, just most people. I'd pay $200+ for a quality pair of shorts. NZ is local enough for now.
NZ have access to plenty of sheep and plenty of companies that turn it into fantastic clothing.. Why Australia decided to export our materials and import pretty much everything is well beyond my understanding of economics.
I've spoken with numerous Aussie clothing manufacturers and most import their fabric and the very few that use local material, such as merino, charge a premium that makes it unrealistic to retail.
The sad reality is even the big companies have gone cheaper and cheaper with their manufacturing and materials but continue to charge more because of their logo.