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Costing

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

/ˈkɒstɪŋ/nounCommon term

In fashion & textiles, costing means: The calculation of what a garment will cost to produce, including fabric, trims, labour, processes such as printing or washing, overheads and profit.

In Turkish: maliyetlendirme, maliyet hesabı, maliyet

How it is used

Suppliers prepare a costing or cost breakdown for each style; brands compare it with their target price. Fabric consumption from the marker is usually the biggest item. Teams talk about a first costing, a final costing and costing negotiations.

Example sentences

  1. Can you send a detailed costing with fabric consumption and the price of each trim?

  2. The costing is €1 above our target, so we'll remove the embroidery.

Common collocations

  • cost breakdown
  • target price
  • fabric consumption
  • final costing
  • costing sheet
  • markerA plan showing how all the pattern pieces are arranged on the fabric for cutting, designed to use as little fabric as possible.
  • CMTCut, make and trim: a production arrangement in which the brand supplies the fabric and the factory only cuts, sews and finishes the garments.
  • MOQMinimum order quantity: the smallest number of pieces or metres a supplier will accept for one order, style or colour.
  • wholesaleThe sale of goods in large quantities to shops and other businesses, which then sell them to the public at a higher price.

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