The clothing we buy at chain stores and most local boutiques isn’t made by machines or 3D printers. People, not machines, make almost everything we wear, from socks to jeans to dresses to hats. Whether it’s a “hand-embroidered” scarf at a small local boutique or a t-shirt that is sold in thousands of stores across the country, the garments, shoes, and accessories we buy are the result of human labor.