suit fabrics in London

[ivalicechan]

Hello everyone! I am going to visit London and would like to buy the suit fabrics back for bespoke, like Harrisons, H Lesser... Do you guys can advice on it? Thank you for your help! Cheers !

 

[taxgenius]

Why don’t you ask your bespoke tailor to obtain the fabric on your behalf?

 

[ivalicechan]

Thank you for your reply. Since my tailor would not use the fabrics that he doesn't have, I would like to source some fabrics for him to CMT. If you don't mind, can you share the info. with me?

 

[lngn2]

Harrisons and H Lesser don't keep stock in London - their main office is Exeter (Devon). Best you can do with most cloth merchants is to make an appointment and then have the lengths delivered to you. Note that most require you to be in business in order to sell to you.

If that doesn't appeal, there's Misan textiles in Soho who carry lengths from various places (not necessarily the mills you cite!) or head up to Crescent Trading in Shoreditch who have hundreds of lengths of roll ends. Hard to guarantee what you'll find but the chaps who run it are lovely (both been in the trade since the 1940s!) and you'll always find something nice. I am currently having a length of 150s wool/cashmere flannel from them made up in to my wedding suit.

 

[edwardchrisdyson]

agree with Ingn2, crescent trading are a hidden gem, with lengths from all the major british mills and solid prices, also W Bill in Mayfair hold old stock lengths as well, not sure if they deal with non business customers though,