VOL. 04 — ISSUE SS26An operating system for fashion dropsEST. 2024 — NEW YORK / MILAN

Plan the collection,
not the chaos.

From first mood board to retail floor — BRANDSOS is the timeline, Gantt, and budget studio purpose-built for fashion brands shipping seasonal drops.

FW26 · COLLECTION 14ON TRACK · 9 OF 23 WK

Tidal Provenance

42 SKUs · 6 categories · ships Sept 12

[ campaign hero — drop in image ]1620 × 2160
PRODUCTION
62%
Budget
$284K
Spent
$172K
Margin
61%

Every milestone, from mood to market — on one Gantt.

01 — The Planner

Map fabric sourcing, sample rounds, tech-pack approvals, photoshoots, marketing windows, and retail floor sets against one shared timeline. Drag bars. Watch dependencies cascade. Catch a missed lead time eight weeks before it bites.

brandsos · tidal-provenance / fw26 · plannerWEEKMONTHQUARTER
WorkstreamOwner
Concept & moodCR
Fabric sourcingPD
Sample round 1–3SM
ProductionOP
Campaign shootCM
Retail / DTC launchGTM
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Concept · mood boards
Mills · trims · vendor LOI
Samples R1 → R3
Bulk production · QC
Editorial shoot
Floor set · DTC launch

A cost breakdown that builds the budget for you.

02 — The Budget

Enter unit economics per SKU — fabric, trims, CMT, freight, duties, marketing, fittings, influencer seedings. BRANDSOS rolls every line into a live collection budget with variance, runway, and contribution margin per drop.

brandsos · tidal-provenance / fw26 · budgetUSDPER UNITCOLLECTION
Line itemVendorBudgetCommittedVariance
Materials
Cupro twill · 4,200 mMaeda Mills · JP$48,300$46,910−$1,390
Merino jersey · 2,100 mCariaggi · IT$31,500$33,180+$1,680
Trims · YKK, hornBond & Bray$6,200$5,940−$260
Make
CMT — Outerwear (12 SKU)Atelier Porto$54,000$54,000
CMT — Ready-to-wear (24 SKU)Yıldız Tekstil · TR$62,400$60,720−$1,680
Sample rounds (R1–R3)Internal · NYC$18,000$17,200−$800
Go to market
Editorial shoot · LisbonStudio Halcyon$38,000$36,400−$1,600
Press & seedingKarla Otto$14,000$14,000
Paid · DTC launchMedia buy · in-house$12,000$ 8,900−$3,100
Collection total — FW26$284,400$277,250−$7,150
Allocation
$284K
↓ 2.5% under
61%CONTRIB. MARGIN
Materials31%$86k
Make · CMT & samples47%$134k
Go to market22%$64k
Landed cost / unit
$84.20
Target margin
62%

See every drop, all at once.

03 — The Drop Calendar

Capsules, mainline, collabs, restocks, sample sales. BRANDSOS stacks every drop on a single merchandising calendar so design, marketing, and ops never collide on a launch day again.

03 · 14 · 26SS26
[ lookbook · cover ]

After Hours

Capsule · 14 SKUSHIPPED
05 · 13 · 26FW26
[ campaign · key art ]

Tidal Provenance

Mainline · 42 SKULIVE TODAY
07 · 02 · 26SS26
[ collab · still life ]

Halcyon × ATL

Collab · 6 SKUSAMPLING
09 · 12 · 26FW26
[ outerwear · editorial ]

Greatcoat Study

Outerwear · 9 SKUCONCEPT

From first sketch to retail floor — in four moves.

04 — How it works

BRANDSOS doesn't replace your design tools. It threads them together so concept, calendar, cost, and crew all move in the same direction.

№ 01

Brief the collection.

Set the season, the story, the SKU count and your floor-set date. BRANDSOS reverse-engineers the timeline you'd otherwise build in a spreadsheet at 2am.

№ 02

Stage the milestones.

Drag fabric, fittings, photoshoots and retail windows onto the Gantt. Dependencies cascade. Lead times pull from your vendor library.

№ 03

Cost the SKUs.

Type a tech pack; the budget builds itself. Materials, CMT, freight and duty roll up into landed cost, target margin, and total spend.

№ 04

Ship the drop.

Approvals, asset hand-offs, retailer windows — all tracked. Your team sees what's late and what's loaded for the next floor set.

“We used to plan four collections a year across three spreadsheets and a wall of Post-its. BRANDSOS replaced all of it and shipped FW26 nine days early.”
Camille Aoki — Head of Production
Maison Tilde · Paris

Plans that scale with the drop count.

05 — Pricing

Start with a single capsule. Grow into a full seasonal calendar. Every plan includes unlimited Gantt boards, budgets, and team seats — we charge for collections, not chairs.

Capsule

For emerging labels & single-drop brands.
$49/ month
  • 1 active collection
  • Gantt + Drop Calendar
  • Budget builder · 50 line items
  • Vendor library · 20 mills
  • Email support
Start a capsule

Maison

For multi-brand groups & licensed houses.
Talkto sales
  • Everything in Mainline
  • Multi-brand portfolio view
  • SSO · audit logs · SOC 2
  • Dedicated solution architect
  • Custom ERP & PLM bridges
Request a call
06 — Questions

Frequently asked.

Does BRANDSOS replace my PLM?

No — we sit alongside it. BRANDSOS is the planning, costing, and timeline layer. If you use Centric, Backbone, or Bamboo Rose, we read your tech packs and push milestones back. If you don't have a PLM, BRANDSOS's vendor library and SKU model is enough for most studios under 200 SKUs / season.

How does the cost breakdown work?

Every SKU has a tech pack: fabric meters, trims, labor minutes, CMT rate, freight, duties. BRANDSOS multiplies through your run size and rolls every line into a collection budget — with committed vs. budgeted variance, landed cost per unit, and contribution margin per drop.

Can I bring my own vendors?

Yes. Import vendors via CSV or pull from your existing PLM. Each vendor carries lead times, MOQs, and standard rates that auto-populate when you slot them onto a Gantt or budget line.

What does onboarding look like?

For Capsule, you're shipping the same afternoon. Mainline includes a 2-week white-glove import: vendor library, season templates, two real Gantts staged from your last collection so you can compare what BRANDSOS would've caught.

Who owns the data?

You do. Export every collection, vendor, budget, and asset as CSV or PDF at any time. SOC 2 Type II on Mainline and above; SSO + audit logs on Maison.

Take BRANDSOS for a season

Ship the next collection
on time. On margin.

Two-week free trial. No credit card. Bring one drop — leave with a full season's calendar.

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