Bringing together the collective expertise of ASBCI members, ‘Garment Costing – everything you need to know about the cost of making clothes’, was first published in print in 2018 and remains the only book of its type to specifically address all the aspects of garment costing. Republished for 2020, the ASBCI has taken advantage of Amazon’s Kindle format to offer this essential guide at a reduced cost and make it available worldwide.
The technical handbook provides a step-by-step explanation of the garment costing process, including detailed chapters on sourcing strategy, the added-value supply chain, garment materials, labour, overheads, logistics, and garment reprocessing. In addition to an analysis of the different stages of production and how these impact the cost of a garment, the ebook edition has been updated with a comprehensive explanation of costing calculations, complete with examples, to make it as easy as possible for fashion professionals to understand how to price lines to ensure they make a profit.
Also included is a detailed explanation of labour costs calculations, including examples of time and work measurements and sample spreadsheets, a useful glossary of costing and accounting terms, and some cautionary anecdotes that demonstrate how easily product lines can go from profit to loss. The Garment Costing handbook is available from Amazon priced at £9.99. The free Kindle reading app is available for iOS, Android, PCs and MACs.
