AI6YR BenHmm, softshell fabric not cheap... about $28.00 per yard. (if I were theoretically going to sew myself a new softshell jacket). #sewing
DavidM_yegYikes… an indicator of how little of the cost of a new ready-made jacket goes to the people who actually sew them
MCDuncanLabWe were watching a Canadian show from the early 2000's called how it's made, and making a pair of jeans only takes 12 minutes of total time.
Yes, that’s 12 minutes of active time for the cloth, but doesn’t tell us how many person-hours it takes, as there are multiple people at work from receiving to sewing to management to machine maintenance to cleaning staff, never mind the equipment and space to house it.
To be simplistic though: here in Edmonton, to pay one person a living wage for just those 12 minutes would cost something like $5.75 just for the labour.
EllenIn Edmonton