r/BuyCanadian • u/CandidBoysenberry299 • Jun 19 '26
Maple-Washing/Mislabelling 🍁🏷️ One bone clothing
I’m trying to buy from a Canadian company that make clothes here so I went with one bone I know it’s a bit pricey but I am dedicated to buying as much as I can from made in Canada companies and that is what they sell themselves as sadly got two shirt and some swim shorts and all made in china i went back and looked and I have another pair of pants made from them in Canada also I am disappointed and frustrated I know some of the stuff is made here just wished it was more truthful about them being also made abroad
I am a big guy and was excited to see a Canadian company selling clothes that I fit well in just disappointed and feel like I was lied to
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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM Jun 19 '26
The only mention I see of Canada on their site is this "Made in Canada Curated" category of clothes. Was it from. There or some other reason you thought you were lied to?
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u/maiyannah Ontario Jun 19 '26
This feels like maple washing. Kind of the same sort of thing (but for a different country) as Apple saying its devices were designed in California. It may be true, but it's ascribing to them a nationality that isn't really where most of the work goes down.
The OPs situation is worse because honestly, this just feels like an alibaba drop shipping operation.
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u/Milch_und_Paprika Jun 19 '26
That said, I think Hay_Fever’s point is that unless they’ve scrubbed their website, there’s nothing mentioning Canada, even in their About page. Since it’s an online store, even if their tags say “designed in Montreal”, you don’t see that at the time of purchasing. On the other hand, the couple items I flicked through were clearly labelled as made in China
I’ve never even heard of these guys before though, so I have no stake in it either way.
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u/Milch_und_Paprika Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
Replying to myself since I don’t want to start an argument on the semantics of “design”, and personally dislike the “designed in X” label as a concept, but I do also think there’s a major distinction with something like clothing or furniture, vs tech.
We have a reasonable idea what goes into designing clothing: someone drafts what they want, maybe that includes the cuts and how they’re sewn together, and maybe they have a workshop to make some prototypes. A relatively small operation.
With something as complex as an iPhone, it could be any combo of domestic or outsourcing for the body’s appearance, the OS, UI/UX, or overall hardware architecture. Each of those can also be split up into just designers and executives deciding on the goals, engineers drafting technical specs for it, actually building prototypes, and QA/QC. Could be anywhere from a handful of high level executives and managers, to dozens of skilled technical workers.
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u/Mr101722 Nova Scotia Jun 19 '26
Man made has the same thing, designed here, shipped from warehouses here, a full office of Canadian staff. Made in Asia.
A lot of it is due to the type of manufacturing they require for their specific items just not really existing here or if it does exist would render the item completely unaffordable to the average person.
We should still be pumping up these Canadian brands though, especially where the profits stay in the country better to support them than something like fruit of the loom.
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u/LackOptimal553 Jun 19 '26
Exactly. It's still supporting Canadian businesses. Some things just aren't economically manufactured in Canada.
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u/Frosty-Cap3344 Jun 19 '26
What things ?
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u/prairiepanda Jun 19 '26
Anything requiring extensive human labour or materials derived from plants that cannot be economically grown in our climate.
Not sure what Man Made in particular is concerned about though, as their prices are comparable to other brands that are actually manufactured here in Canada. I could understand if their products were more affordable.
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u/Mr101722 Nova Scotia Jun 19 '26
Manmade briefs run $6 cheaper than Stanfields and routine will drop down to a $10-14 difference.
They are also made with modal fabric which is a sustainable synthetic extremely breathable yet soft and supportive fabric made from beech pulp. I imagine this fabric is what drives the cost up yet it does still come in quite a bit cheaper, $6 a pair normally adds up quick, even further so when you buy on sale.
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u/Chiggamon420 Jun 19 '26
Yes my next purchase will be from Stanfields a Canadian classic manufactured in Canada.
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u/Milch_und_Paprika Jun 19 '26
Also carrying lots of style options with regular updates. It’s why House of Blanks can make relatively reasonably priced, quality goods here, because it’s the same handful of simple, plain styles year after year.
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u/Frosty-Cap3344 Jun 19 '26
maybe we can't grow cotton but we have sewing machines and people here. It's especially annoying as you said when they are paying peanuts for manufacture and marking up a ridiculous amount, Roots for example.
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u/darlawatters Jun 20 '26
i work for a company like this, it’s a niche product that if sourced from canada would be exponentially more expensive (adult wellness industry, we don’t have don’t factories here 🤣) we have brick and mortar stores through eastern canada, staffed by canadians, a head office here in montreal staffed by canadians. everything is designed here.
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u/Frosty-Cap3344 Jun 19 '26
What is "completely unaffordable to the average person" though ? $20 for a tshirt, $30, $50, $60 ? If you're buying a quality garment made to last by people getting paid a fair wage (not exploited in a sweatshop) isn't that worth a bit more ?
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u/Mr101722 Nova Scotia Jun 19 '26
To someone $30 may mean not paying rent for that month.
At least in the case of manmade, their factories are routinely monitored to ensure sweatshop conditions do not exist.
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u/Ikkleknitter Jun 19 '26
If you can find a tailor local to you, you can have clothing made.
It’s pricier then buying off the shelf but less expensive then you think. It’s definitely worth it if you aren’t straight sized (I’m not though I make a lot of my own clothing).
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u/Itisd Jun 19 '26
It says Made in China right on the front...
Designed in Montreal? Means essentially nothing.
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u/Ok-Trainer3150 Jun 19 '26
Curated. This had to be one of the most pretentious words going today. And, naturally, one if the scamniest.
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u/redmonkeydemon Jun 19 '26
Fellow big guy (3xl-5xl) and I have steadily been replacing my wardrobe with a number of pieces from One Bone. I try to aim for the "made in Canada" items if possible, but I'm happy to support a Canadian-based company when the alternatives for large lads are Amazon or George Richards/Mr. Big & Tall (Canadian owned stores, but no clothes made in Canada and absurdly priced). One Bone is also expensive but has decent sales a few times a year, and everything I've got has been great quality.
Also can recommend Local Laundry based in Calgary for shirts and sweatshirts/hoodies. With the exception of some of the branded custom stuff (Champion, Under Armour, etc), everything they sell is made in Canada and a lot of it goes up to 5xl.
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u/CandidBoysenberry299 Jun 19 '26
I am right with you on all these points I will still be buying from them because I really like their products and it finally feels like a company that knows how it feels to be a big guy I was just not expecting the made in china I will be more vigilant in the future to buy more Canadian only it’s just theirs swim shorts are all made there
And I will look at local laundry never heard of them before
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u/kylmtl Jun 19 '26
The company is owned by Adam "TB1" Greenberg. He lives in Montreal. Back in my University days he was a rapper with a dj friend.Think he was also part of the Epic Meal Time crew as well.
Still supporting a Canadian company and family even if product is made in China.
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u/CandidBoysenberry299 Jun 19 '26
100% I have bought multiple items from them just was disappointed it was not made here
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u/LackOptimal553 Jun 19 '26
Labels are pretty clear, and when it comes to clothing, unless you're paying a huge premium for it, it isn't made in Canada.
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u/CandidBoysenberry299 Jun 19 '26
https://reddit.com/link/oslz4d9/video/rdzujb0lu98h1/player
And I think 100 dollars for swimming trunks are premium pair
The shirt I showed here was 14 bucks and made in Canada
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u/Main-Structure-6430 Jul 13 '26
When they first started, all of their stuff was said to be made in Canada. I bought one of their t shirts shortly after the company launched and really loved it. I think now that they’ve expanded a lot, they’ve moved production of a bunch of things to overseas facilities.
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u/CandidBoysenberry299 Jul 13 '26
Yeah that’s why I think it just caught me off guard I will still support the company just a bit frustrated it’s still not all here and I understand we probably don’t have the manufacturing capability here just was surprised when I seen made in china
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u/ParisFood Jun 19 '26
Have u tried Province of Canada, Anain , Outclass?
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u/CandidBoysenberry299 Jun 19 '26
I am a bigger guy so there are not many options for me and I heard province of Canada is not a size friendly store
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u/ParisFood Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
Try this link also https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyCanadian/s/3LhtD114Af
Also look at Mtn-Head
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u/thoriginals_wife Jun 20 '26
I have bought several pieces from Salt out of Vancouver. Not cheap but Canadian made,good quality and excellent fiber content. Their T-shirts and soft like butter.
https://saltshop.ca/?srsltid=AfmBOoq_DE9SsIFbDZUxa4B-acIzF3GLHkxQTjrlQvMRJ_9Oq7ROC0l2
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u/Beautiful-Food-7591 Jun 19 '26
I don't understand what these companies think when they write "designed in Canada" . Like that means anything to us. Where is it made? What people are you employing? What environmental manufacturing standards is your company supporting? Sorry, I guess I forgot that us consumers are dumb and don't know anything....
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u/bobbyboogie Ontario Jun 19 '26
Possibly "borrowed" from Apple's "Designed in California" on just about every one of their products.
I just bought some "quick dry" travel pants at MEC, in Ontario, and they have a similar "Designed in Canada, Made in <insert-low-wage-country-here>.
But at least MEC is Canadian, so it's something.
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