Academic intrigue and a thirst for knowledge led Kelsey Timmerman to write the book "Where Am I Wearing." “Where Am I Wearing” is a compilation of Timmerman's thought-provoking questions: questions about where the clothes we wear come from, who makes our clothes, the working conditions of the people who make our clothes, and the stories that he lived. collected during the numerous travels he made while writing the book. Through his travel stories, Timmerman introduces his readers to the harsh realities of globalization, poverty, child labor and sweatshops. With the continued increase in consumer "needs" in "industrial" countries like the United States, and the persistently high price that companies must pay to produce goods in these countries, companies seek to "increase (their) profits by reducing costs by any means possible...To minimize costs, companies look for places with the lowest wages and human rights” (Dosomething). Countries with lax or unenforced labor laws give multinational corporations the opportunity to use cheap foreign labor to mass produce their products so they can be sold in countries like America. These inexpensive establishments, sometimes bordering on illegal, are known as sweatshops. In his book, Timmerman discusses the subject of sweatshops in detail. Originally looking for "where (his) T-shirt was made (;) (Timmerman) (went) to visit the factory where it was made and (met) the people who made (it) manufactured” (Timmerman5). The mere idea of ​​sweatshops, let alone their existence, seems cruel and unusual to people like us, especially these days. After all, in sweatshops, “workers are subject to extreme exploitation. This includes... (not) allowing workers to cover ...... middle of paper ...... also leading to job losses in (third world countries) )” (Timmerman70). Works Cited “Background on Sweatshops.” Do Something, October 29, 2013. Lorette, Kristie and O. WiseGeek, October 27, 2013. 2013. “Sweatshops.” Green America's Ending Program: What You Can Do. Factories and people who make our clothes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. 5. Print. Timmerman, Kelsey “A Consumer Goes Global: Where Do I Wear?” : a global tour of the countries, factories and people who make it. Make our clothes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. 9. Print. Timmerman, Kelsey. “A consumer goes global: where do I wear? : A global tour of the countries, factories and people who make our clothes. , NJ: Wiley, 2009. 70. Print.