The Cost of A Pair of Jeans.
I was thinking over dinner about how clothing lines decide on the prices of their apparel. I wondered why clothing, regardless of size are always priced the same. Doesn’t more material mean more cost involved?
Maybe it would be really discriminatory to those who are oversized….which would eventually lead to the idea that being overweight means you’re high maintenance. Well, if you’re bigger you eat more anyway. But do you have to pay more for your clothes?
So after a little pondering and a short discussion with my dinner partner, it dawned upon me that there are several reasons as to why such a policy exists.
One of them would be, how would you put a price tag on clothing of different sizes? There has to be a huge range of numbers determining different waistlines and inseam lengths. Does one inch mean $5 more? That would make a skinny guy a whole lot happier than a really big guy. So that idea isn’t economically feasible in the first place.
Thus, I postulate that they price their apparel based on the cost it takes to make a garment that fits the middle waistline and the middle inseam measurements of the general population. Hmmm…so the minimum for an adult waist is around 28 inches and the highest is….err….48 inches? So the price would be set based on the cost it would take to make a 38 inch waistline pair pants.
That way, the material the company saves on making clothing for smaller people can go towards the extra they need for the larger sizes. In the end it all evens out.
So those of you who are below the average 38 inches, you’re not getting your money’s worth. Those of you who are above 38 inches, good for you, you’re getting a better bargain.
But I’m happy the way I am. Don’t intend to pack any more pounds, thank you very much.
Maybe it would be really discriminatory to those who are oversized….which would eventually lead to the idea that being overweight means you’re high maintenance. Well, if you’re bigger you eat more anyway. But do you have to pay more for your clothes?
So after a little pondering and a short discussion with my dinner partner, it dawned upon me that there are several reasons as to why such a policy exists.
One of them would be, how would you put a price tag on clothing of different sizes? There has to be a huge range of numbers determining different waistlines and inseam lengths. Does one inch mean $5 more? That would make a skinny guy a whole lot happier than a really big guy. So that idea isn’t economically feasible in the first place.
Thus, I postulate that they price their apparel based on the cost it takes to make a garment that fits the middle waistline and the middle inseam measurements of the general population. Hmmm…so the minimum for an adult waist is around 28 inches and the highest is….err….48 inches? So the price would be set based on the cost it would take to make a 38 inch waistline pair pants.
That way, the material the company saves on making clothing for smaller people can go towards the extra they need for the larger sizes. In the end it all evens out.
So those of you who are below the average 38 inches, you’re not getting your money’s worth. Those of you who are above 38 inches, good for you, you’re getting a better bargain.
But I’m happy the way I am. Don’t intend to pack any more pounds, thank you very much.
posted by Mike Ng at 11:34 PM
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