Free tool
Couture & garment pricing calculator
Stop guessing what to charge. Enter your fabric, labour and overhead, set a target margin, and see a profitable price — and your real profit — instantly. No signup, nothing stored.
Suggested price
€1,748.00
Profit of €874.00 at a 50% margin.
Cost breakdown
- Materials
- €260.00
- Labour
- €500.00
- Overhead (15%)
- €114.00
- Total cost
- €874.00
Pricing one gown is easy. Pricing every gown — and seeing real margin per order as fabric and hours change — is what Bomble does automatically.
Track margin automatically — free trial →The short answer
To price a made-to-measure garment profitably: total your fabric and materials, add your labour (hours × rate — including your own time), add an overhead percentage, then divide that total cost by one minus your target margin. The result is a price that covers the work and still leaves profit.
The pricing formula, explained
Cost-plus pricing is the honest foundation for any atelier. You cannot know if a price is good until you know what the piece actually costs you to make — and most makers undercount, because labour and overhead are invisible until you add them up.
- Material cost = fabric meters × cost per meter, plus lining, trims and notions.
- Labour cost = hours of work × your hourly rate. Charge for your own hours, always.
- Overhead = a percentage of cost for rent, machines, utilities and admin time.
- Price = total cost ÷ (1 − target margin). Margin is taken as a share of the final price.
The mistake that quietly kills ateliers
The number one pricing error is leaving your own labour out, then “adding a bit” for profit. That bit is usually swallowed by the things this calculator forces you to face: remakes, extra fittings, alteration rounds, and the admin hours around every order. Price for the real cost first, then your margin is genuinely yours.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you price a couture or bespoke garment?
- Add up your direct costs — fabric (meters × cost per meter) plus other materials, then labour (hours × your hourly rate). Add an overhead percentage for rent, machines and utilities to get your true total cost. Finally, divide by (1 − your target margin) to get a price that actually leaves profit. This calculator does all of that instantly.
- What profit margin should an atelier aim for?
- Most small ateliers target a 40–60% margin on made-to-measure work to cover the gaps a simple cost-plus price misses: remakes, alterations, no-shows and admin time. Couture and bridal often go higher because the labour and risk are greater. Use the margin slider to see how price changes.
- Should I charge for my own labour hours?
- Yes — always. The most common pricing mistake makers make is leaving their own time out, which turns a “profit” into an unpaid hobby. Put a real hourly rate on every hour of cutting, sewing, fitting and finishing, even when the work is yours.
- Does this calculator store my numbers or need a signup?
- No. It runs entirely in your browser, stores nothing, and needs no account. Use it as often as you like. If you want these numbers tracked automatically on every real order, that is what Bomble does.
- How is this different from just doing it in a spreadsheet?
- The maths is the same — the difference is doing it once here versus rebuilding the formula for every order, every time fabric or hours change. Bomble keeps material cost, labour cost and margin live on each order, so you always see which pieces are actually profitable.
Know the margin on every order, not just this one.
Bomble keeps material cost, labour and margin live on every order — and flags the pieces losing you money. Free 3-day trial, no card required.