The SKIMS brand is best known for its shapewear garments. According to the company, they are a “solutions-oriented brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, and shapewear.”
SKIMS was founded in 2019 by Kim Kardashian and associates. The moment the products went live over 5 years ago, they were incredibly popular, reportedly selling out within 10 minutes. In following launches, there have been celebrity collaborations, influencer marketing, and expanded product lines. Just a couple of years after the company began, SKIMS was partnering with the US Olympic team.
The brand prioritizes body positivity and produces clothing for all, including sizes XXS-5XL, in both men’s and women’s categories. Popularity has continued to blaze since their very successful initial launch.
The Kardashians are a force of their own in today’s world. Whatever they put out is nearly guaranteed to increase their net worth. It doesn’t hurt that SKIMS comes with a serious price tag. We’d like to know if that price reflects where these goods are being manufactured.
Verdict: Are SKIMS Made in the USA?
No, SKIMS products are not made in the USA. SKIMS are manufactured in China, Turkey, and Thailand.
The information available on the SKIMS website isn’t all that deep. You could say they barely skim the surface of where their products come from. The About page features one measly paragraph, mostly containing the text we quoted at the top of this article. The vast majority of the FAQs are concerned with the rewards program.
Only two questions are relevant to the manufacturing of the product. Yet, the answers are written in the style of a middle school report, simply restating the question as a sentence:
We all know that won’t get you an A on your essay. However, what these questions and answers do reveal to us is that the goods are likely not made here in the US. After all, if there’s something to brag about, a brand is going to do it, aren’t they? By leaving information out of the picture, it demonstrates that they’d rather not have that information known.
After scanning the company’s web pages to no avail, we moved to searching among the actual products. Most items are labeled with “imported” in the Fit & Fabric details. We’re halfway to our answer now.
The following information is from the Balconette Push-Up Bra:
Now we know that the products, or at least most of them, are made abroad and then imported to the US. But the question of where exactly “abroad” remains. Without finding specific information on the SKIMS website, we turned to looking for a real person to ask. Thankfully, their customer service proved very helpful after a quick chat. Here is a snippet from that conversation:
SKIMS manufactures its clothing in Turkey, China, and Thailand. We suspected this to be the case, so it wasn’t a surprising find at all. But, we still wanted to know if anything the company sold was made here in the United States.
The answer is: No, no SKIMS products are manufactured in America. Just for good measure, we went on a tag hunt too:
And this one from Thailand:
As popular as the brand is here in the US, the products sold by SKIMS are indeed not manufactured in America.
Popular American Made SKIMS Products
- None that we could find
Popular SKIMS Products Not Made in the USA
- Balconette Push-Up Bra
- Foldover Pant
- Square Neck Bodysuit
American Made Alternatives
- Women’s bras and lingerie made in America
- Women’s tops brands made in America
- Leggings made in America
- Workout clothes made in America
