re: North Face is now for poors. Patagonia is trend of moment. Barbour for ballers

you take the price of the fabric per yard, the cost of labor per garment (with mass manufacturing in china or central America, it's not a lot), the price of the trims, and shipping plus costs...

let's say the price per yard is really outrageously expensive...$10.00

put the labor at $6

the shipping is cheap as it's put on a boat with tens of thousands of other garments...let's add $1

so far, you're at $17 cost to make your piece of clothing. the patterns they're doing are cheap, I doubt it is lined with anything expensive.

I laugh when I see $70 button down shirts at banana republic, but at least I can understand that the retail space adds to their costs like crazy. a lot of clothing is overpriced.