How Your Clothes Get Smuggled Into Mexico

[View on the web]( [Visit our site!]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Racked Reads [Mexico is Full of America's Smuggled Used Clothes]( This weekend, we encourage you to take a few minutes to read this [terrific longform piece]( about how America’s used clothing is smuggled into Mexico at the busiest land border in the world. Eileen Guo reported this out of San Diego (where Mexicans buy used clothing in bulk at Goodwill), the border (where they illegally bring the clothing over piece by piece or hire someone to do it for them), and Tijuana (where they sell the clothes at open-air markets around the city). It’s a terrific story with beautiful photography — we think it’s absolutely worth your time. And we’ve got a [Spanish translated version of the story](, too! —[Nisha Chittal](, engagement editor [Mall walkers] Good Links (From us!) More Racked Stories To Read This Week [Two male Nike executives departed this past week]( — and Chavie Lieber did some digging on Glassdoor to uncover the “frat boy culture” at the root of the upheavel. Chanel’s beauty line is [coming to Ulta](. For many women of color, [ear piercing isn’t a teenage rite of passage]( — it often happens as babies. Here’s [what happens to clothes from TV and movies]( after the filming wraps. Duluth Trading Company[is kind of the Ron Swanson of stores](. Can it grow and reach new customers while still maintaining an everyman rep? [How Irish dancing dresses evolved]( from their Celtic roots to something more glitzy, glamorous, and pageant-like. There were 7,000 empty shoes in front of the Capitol last week to call attention to gun violence. Here’s a look at the history of [empty shoes symbolizing death](. [What podcasters wear](when they’re going to be heard, but not seen — and yes, it does matter what you wear. When vintage stores start popping up in an urban neighborhood, [does it mean gentrification has begun](? Ad from our sponsor Good links (from Elsewhere!) [Around the Internet]( The Daily Beast [takes a look inside the Facebook group]( where women talk (and snark…) about their experiences as part of MLMs. How is [Timothée]( [Chalamet’s hair]( so perfect? How makeup brand [Beautycounter created an army of 30,000 activists](. Patricia Lockwood in Vogue on [the case for cutting your hair off]( this spring. Meet[the man who’s helped Ari Emanuel, Tom Brady, and Elon Musk]( get dressed. Test-driving [the beauty products of the future]( at SXSW. A fascinating look into [the history of “craftivism”](and fabric in political art. Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up for the Racked newsletter](. Ad from our sponsor From Our Partners A selection from the editors at Racked [A woman in an airport]( [What to Never Wear on a Plane, From a Flight Attendant]( A flight attendant spills her list of things you shouldn't wear when flying— for the sake of comfort, practicality, and safety. [Read more]( [Tampons]( [Is a Revolution Finally Coming to Feminine Care?]( A flurry of fashionable fem care startups are taking aim at Tampax. [Read more]( Ad from our sponsor [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving emails from Racked. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.