"Made in America" Trend Hits LA Apparel Makers

Karen Kane Inc. has been manufacturing women's clothing for more than 30 years and employs 165 workers. Michael Kane, one of the company's owners, said for most of those years at least half of his clothing has been manufactured in China.

But because of sky-rocketing fuel costs and delays getting products imported through customs due to terrorism concerns, Kane has recently found it more cost effective and productive to manufacture roughly 90 percent of his clothing in L.A.

According to economists, Kane's company is not the only local or national business deciding to manufacture more of its products in the U.S.