Does anyone else have a hard time finding affordable bras
I swear I can never find a decent priced bra. I grew out of Torrid years ago and I'm having to buy custom stuff from Europe.
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AceWarbringer 路 36-40, M
Online retailers. these will all need the ".com"
levanabratique
evasintimates
lumingerie
None of them are cheap as far as I can tell. Its the labor costs that are killing it.
Figure 2-3 hours per bra, and a skilled seamstress making 18-20, doesnt leave a lot of room for good material. So I'm not surprised bras don't last a long time. 馃槙
levanabratique
evasintimates
lumingerie
None of them are cheap as far as I can tell. Its the labor costs that are killing it.
Figure 2-3 hours per bra, and a skilled seamstress making 18-20, doesnt leave a lot of room for good material. So I'm not surprised bras don't last a long time. 馃槙
Amanda422 路 36-40, F
@AceWarbringer how do you know all this
AceWarbringer 路 36-40, M
@Amanda422 educated guesswork.
It's all about endprice and profit. So, a 100 dollar bra costs 90 to make. That's 10 profit. Out of that 90 you can figure 75% is in labor. So it costs 60-65$ in labor.
After watching people sew jeans and other stuff online using sewing machines, with all material cut up and sized, it's fast. So figure and hour in cutting things up. And An hour putting it together into a bra.
So the labor comes out to about 30 dollars an hour. Part of that is chunked into electric power, taxes and the like.
I work a skilled, trained position. So I would expect a skilled seamstress to make about the same I do in a mass production sense.
This is also why Wal-Mart bras are only 15$. Chinese slave labor.
Its also why custom bras are hideously expensive. Ive heard 300$ plus from friends.
Plus a bit of Google for the websites.
It's all about endprice and profit. So, a 100 dollar bra costs 90 to make. That's 10 profit. Out of that 90 you can figure 75% is in labor. So it costs 60-65$ in labor.
After watching people sew jeans and other stuff online using sewing machines, with all material cut up and sized, it's fast. So figure and hour in cutting things up. And An hour putting it together into a bra.
So the labor comes out to about 30 dollars an hour. Part of that is chunked into electric power, taxes and the like.
I work a skilled, trained position. So I would expect a skilled seamstress to make about the same I do in a mass production sense.
This is also why Wal-Mart bras are only 15$. Chinese slave labor.
Its also why custom bras are hideously expensive. Ive heard 300$ plus from friends.
Plus a bit of Google for the websites.
