Mucker-
In a traditional factory set up, it isn't just one person that makes a shirt. There are various stages assigned to different teams within the factory. Broadly speaking, it's broken down into: cutting, sewing, buttoning, pressing, and quality control/finishing.
That split across different teams makes tracking the hours puts into individual items tricky. Shirts are cut in batches for instance - anywhere up to 10 layers of fabric (and therefore 10 shirts) in one go. Under the machines, they're obviously done individually. My best guess is that each shirt takes about 1-1.5 hours across the various processes.
Bespoke shirts are cut individually, which is why they cost so much more. That, and the fact you're getting a bespoke pattern made and inevitably using very expensive fabrics.
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I had to wait 6 weeks for mine but that includes the Italian shut down for August.
Joking aside I’m guessing a £200 shirt costs about £40-£60 at the factory gate (ex vat) but that’s a one off custom job with expensive fabric/buttons so can’t be cut by machine.
Actually it probably could be done by computer but you still have to enter the numbers.
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Mr_Smyth
If by 'break even' you're wondering whether that price tag covers the cost of making the shirt.