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✓ Published: 08-Nov-2013
✓ Published: 08-Nov-2013
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How does a simple T-shirt get made? To find out, we decided to make one -- and track every step of production. To become yarn, our cotton travels half way around the world and meets some really cool machines.nnGet the full story at planetmoney.com/shirt.nnThe videos:nPart I: Cotton vimeo.com/77795980nPart II: Machines vimeo.com/78842170nPart III: People vimeo.com/78008299nPart IV: Boxes vimeo.com/78851013nPart V: You vimeo.com/78768385nnMusic:
How does a simple T-shirt get made? To find out, we decided to make one -- and track every step of production. To become yarn, our cotton travels half way around the world and meets some really cool machines.nnGet the full story at planetmoney.com/shirt.nnThe videos:nPart I: Cotton vimeo.com/77795980nPart II: Machines vimeo.com/78842170nPart III: People vimeo.com/78008299nPart IV: Boxes vimeo.com/78851013nPart V: You vimeo.com/78768385nnMusic:
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