How much should I charge for my time in making a custom, high quality costume?

I have been asked to make costumes, from mangas or animes or movies and stories and when I make a costume I spend a long time making sure I have every detail, colors right, hidden pocket, pleats and such. I won’t give the costumes away, but I wanted to know what I should charge for one, materials and time? How much should I charge per hour? Is there a usual rate?

Would anyone be interested in a custom costume? Just wondering if there was any interest at all.

If I were you, taking alot of time to make specialty costumes, I would at least charge around 150 or so…
I just don’t know what is considered cheap and expensive in the costume department. But if you really do spend the time doing it to make it perfect, then charge higher, for your sake.

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One Response to “How much should I charge for my time in making a custom, high quality costume?”

DyingDream on February 15th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

If I were you, taking alot of time to make specialty costumes, I would at least charge around 150 or so…
I just don’t know what is considered cheap and expensive in the costume department. But if you really do spend the time doing it to make it perfect, then charge higher, for your sake.
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