At the same time, the Pentagon was buying identical garments elsewhere for more than $200 apiece.

Instead, she borrowed a small sum from her mother and tried her hand at buying and selling garments.

The hotel and stadium sales are usually run by retailers who buy garments or take them on consignment from several manufacturers.

The Japanese don't buy used garments," she said, "but Westerners like these utilitarian garments, even when they are worn out.

Most of these people would likely assert that it's a terrible thing to buy garments made in sweatshops or by child laborers.

The market becomes more crowded and active during Eid seasons when Oman is come from all over the country to buy garments and jewelry.

He bought garments at a booth, washed at a public bath, dressed in his new clothes, and felt immeasurably better.

A lawyer for New Boys, Michael Dave, said in a statement that the company did not know it had bought garments made under sweatshop conditions.

The temptation to buy Italian-tailored garments at Gap prices is irresistible, and I didn't fight it much.

Gap officials made it clear, though, that they would continue buying garments from Cambodia only as long as it continued to follow the special labor program.