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From a renowned SF designer, a sample cut of exceptional rainwear. Subtle, basic soft black with an appealing sueded surface and beautiful drape. This is a sleeper fabric, you might overlook it. From a German mill, it is truly water repellant, water beads up and rolls off like off a duck's back. It stretches on the crosswise. Would be great for travel or for wardrobe building. Limited sample yardage.
mystery blend (guessing poly/lycra)
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From an Italian mill, and via the workrooms of a mystery California designer, an exceptional fabric. I bought all from the supplier, but these pleated fabrics sell quickly. Saturated black woven/poly/lycra with random overall soft crinkles. The crinkles are heat set---the polyester content assures permanence. This is a woven, but at first touch I thought it was a knit as the combo of lycra and the wrinkling gives stretch. Semi-opaque, has a crepe texture and dry hand. Unusual, limited quantity.
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From an Italian mill, and via the workrooms of a mystery California designer, an exceptional fabric. I bought all from the supplier, but these pleated fabrics sell quickly. Soft milk chocolate brown cotton/poly/lycra with random overall soft crinkles. The crinkles are heat set---the polyester content assures permanence. Has a silky smooth hand, a broadcloth weight. Would make a beautiful shirt or soft pant or skirt. Feels delicious too!
cotton/poly/lycra
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From an Italian mill, and via the workrooms of a mystery California designer, an exceptional fabric. I bought all from the supplier, but these pleated fabrics sell quickly. Soft milk chocolate brown cotton/poly/lycra with random overall soft crinkles. The crinkles are heat set---the polyester content assures permanence. Has a silky smooth hand, a broadcloth weight. Would make a beautiful shirt or soft pant or skirt. Feels delicious too!
cotton/poly/lycra
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From a renowned SF designer. Light/airy semi-sheer mauve background woven with black and gray dots edged with subtle eyelash texture. Love the selvedge. For a shirt, skirt, dress.
Japan
poly
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From a renowned SF designer, airy pale gray wool with felted-in fragments of another fabric. Limited sample yardage from a Japanese mill, this is truly one of a kind, would make a beautiful jacket or vest.
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From a renowned SF designer, airy pale gray wool with felted-in fragments of another fabric. Limited sample yardage from a Japanese mill, this is truly one of a kind, would make a beautiful jacket or vest.
44"
wool
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Sophisticated and whimsical print on gorgeous quality stretch black velveteen from an Italian mill. For a jacket, vest or dress...or even euro-style skinny jeans.
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Sophisticated and whimsical print on gorgeous quality stretch black velveteen from an Italian mill. For a jacket, vest or dress...or even euro-style skinny jeans.
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Italian design in blend that combines the best of both fibers. Feels more like a cotton, but the warp threads are a fine linen. This sophisticated stripe has a beautiful hand and drape for a shirt or soft pant. Minimal wrinkling, just a gorgeous fabric that would be great for travel, a good shot of subtle color to wear with your basic blues and blacks.
Italy
cotton/linen
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Retro tweed, black shot with acid green-bronze in a fluid spongy wool/lycra blend. For a jacket, vest or coat.
wool/lycra
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Retro tweed, black shot with acid green-bronze in a fluid spongy wool/lycra blend. For a jacket, vest or coat.
wool/lycra
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I buy rainwear fabric whenever I can find one I'd use for myself. This is a sample cut from a renowned SF designer from a European mill. Is a dark black/brown, pebble-y texture, dry pleasing hand and good drape. Is water/wind resistant, water beads up on the surface. Feels good to the touch (not plastic/rubbery at all). For a jacket or coat you'll toss on over everything, good for travel.
mystery blend
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I buy rainwear fabric whenever I can find one I'd use for myself. This appears to be cotton, brown/black on the face, white on the back, so I guess it is bonded or has a special finish on the right side. Is water/wind resistant, not waterproof. Has a good drape and smooth hand, feels good to the touch (not plastic/rubbery at all). For a jacket or coat you'll toss on over everything, good for travel.
cotton blend
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Lightly crinkled, semi sheer in some areas, jacquard shirting weight blend from an Italian mill. Has a cool silky-smooth hand and good drape...slightly springy/crisp. Perfect for an airy fall shirt for warm days.
poly/nylon blend
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Lightly crinkled with woven in motif shirting weight blend from an Italian mill. Has a cool silky-smooth hand and good drape. Perfect for a fall shirt, you could even use this for a luxe lining.
poly blend
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Just the right weight, drape and feel for basic/not boring pants and/or jacket for the casual side of life. Rich brown. I look for this type of fabric for the clothes I wear everyday and as an alternative to jeans. In expensive RTW, a pant in a similar fabric retails in the $200+ range. Would be a good choice for my zipper jacket, V8620 or almost any of my pant designs.
cotton/lycra
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Classic tweed, black dominates, has a faint vertical black stripe rendered in a contemporary blend. I'm guessing cotton/rayon with a bit of poly. Good drape and feel, not scratchy....would work for pants too. For jacket, coat, vest. I can see this combined with our Cary Grant Tweed in the same garment to give a modern twist to a classic look.
mystery blend
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Classic black and white salt and pepper tweed rendered in a contemporary blend. I'm guessing wool with a bit of poly. Good drape and feel, not scratchy. For jacket, coat, vest. I can see this combined with our Black Pepper Tweed in the same garment to give a modern twist to a classic look.
wool blend
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Artfully crinkled/washed textured tweed in the season's paled out tones. Beautiful drape, dry hand, slightly springy texture. Feels good, not scratchy. For a sophisticated coat, jacket or vest.
wool
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Sumptuous napped coating in a sophisticated gray/taupe print on warm white background. Beautiful quality coating is soft and cozy. Make a coat or jacket and build a basic wardrobe around the subtle colors. Coating weight, yet has a beautiful drape and soft inner gleam. Feels delicious to the touch.
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Soft brushed cotton/lycra stretch woven in a beautiful hand marbled print. Luxurious to the touch with a soft drape and good weight for pants, vest or jacket. Perfect to wear with denim or as an alternative to it.
cotton/lycra
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Sumptuous napped coating in a sophisticated gray/taupe print on warm white background. Beautiful quality coating is soft and cozy. Make a coat or jacket and build a basic wardrobe around the subtle colors. Coating weight, yet has a beautiful drape and soft inner gleam. Feels delicious to the touch.
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Dramatic hand printed effect wool/cashmere blend in a delicious rust/golden coloration. Abstract leaves blend into subtle hand painted color gradations. The mid weight base fabric is soft and sumptuous, and the surface has an inner gleam. Simply spectacular. Not a bit scratchy...you could choose to line it or not. For a knockout jacket, coat or vest.
wool/cashmere
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Dramatic hand printed effect wool/cashmere blend in a delicious rust/golden coloration. Abstract leaves blend into subtle hand painted color gradations. The mid weight base fabric is soft and sumptuous, and the surface has an inner gleam. Simply spectacular. Not a bit scratchy...you could choose to line it or not. For a knockout jacket, coat or vest.
wool/cashmere
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Artfully crinkled brown/gray herringbone tweed from an Italian mill. Soft to the touch, I am guessing it is a blend of cotton/rayon/poly....the poly is the essential ingredient to maintain the light overall crinkle. I tested a piece with the iron, the crinkles flatten slightly, but pop back with a bit of hand crumpling. This is the sort of sophisticated fabric used in very high end clothing. Reminds me of the costumes in the latest Sherlock Holmes film. Limited quantity. Great for a fall jacket, vest or coat...if you are slim and confident, could be an upscale pant too!
Italy
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Artfully crinkled brown/gray herringbone tweed from an Italian mill. Soft to the touch, I am guessing it is a blend of cotton/rayon/poly....the poly is the essential ingredient to maintain the light overall crinkle. I tested a piece with the iron, the crinkles flatten slightly, but pop back with a bit of hand crumpling. This is the sort of sophisticated fabric used in very high end clothing. Reminds me of the costumes in the latest Sherlock Holmes film. Limited quantity. Great for a fall jacket, vest or coat...if you are slim and confident, could be an upscale pant too!
Italy
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From an Italian mill, and via the workrooms of a mystery California designer, an exceptional fabric. I bought all from the supplier, but these pleated fabrics sell quickly. Rich brown cotton/poly/lycra crinkled with random vertical/lengthwise permanent pleats. The pleats are heat set---the polyester content assures permanence. Has a silky smooth hand, a broadcloth weight. Would make a beautiful shirt or soft pant or skirt. Feels delicious too!
cotton/poly/lycra
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I call this Finesse because it is so drapey and refined. A more dressed denim, lighter weight, one of those slimming fabrics for pants or soft jacket/vest. Great quality from a Canadian importer. Last season I found it in 2 colors, both dark, one blue, one black/gray, now in brown.
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Soft black burnout lawn (feels like the liberty lawns), from a Japanese mill for a renowned SF designer. Random dots sheer are scattered over the semi-sheer background. I'd make a tunic or shirt, love the subtle sophistication of this unique fabric.
poly/cotton
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