It’s the little things that annoy me

Posted on April 15, 2006 by Gene

Okay. Just a quick question.
Garment manufacturers have been putting tags into clothing for a very long time. I’m not sure how long, but let’s say at least 100 years, which seems reasonable.
So why is it that the idea of getting rid of a tag in favor of printing directly on the garment took until the 21st century to materialize? I mean, it’s not an earth-shattering innovation, what took so long?

Oh, and if you replace the tag in a t-shirt with a printed-on tag instead, why would you then add a standard tag on the side seam? Doesn’t that kind of defeat the purpose — and cost twice as much?