UK Suppliers of Fabric and Haberdashery

[Thom Bennett]

There are many suppliers of cloth, fabric and, haberdashery, here are a few of the UKs trade suppliers.  If you know of other quality suppliers please let us know below, the list will be regularly updated.



Acorn Fabrics (Cumbria) Limited (www.acornfabrics.com)

Acorn Fabrics 13 Kenyon Road Lomeshaye Estate Nelson Lancashire BB9 5SP United Kingdom

Barrington Fabrics (www.barringtonfabrics.com)

Barrington Fabrics Suppliers Old Gate Mill, North Wing Bradford, BD3 0DH United Kingdom

Dougdale Bros. (www.dugdalebros.com)

Dugdale Brothers 2 Mill Street Mayfair London W1S 2AT United Kingdom

Hainsworth (A.W.) Heritage Woollen Mill (www.awhainsworth.co.uk)

A. W. Hainsworth Heritage Woollen Mill Spring Valley Mills Stanningley Pudsey West Yorkshire LS28 6DW United Kingdom

Harris Tweed (www.harristweedshop.com/index.html)

Harris Tweed Shop Main Street Newtonmore Highlands PH20 1DD Scotland, United Kingdom

Holland and Sherry (apparel.hollandandsherry.com)

Holland and Sherry 9/10 Savile Row London W1S 3PF United Kingdom

Joel & Son Fabrics (www.joelandsonfabrics.com)

Joel and Son Fabrics 73-87 Church Street London NW8 8EU United Kingdom

Kenton Trimmings (kentontrimmings.co.uk)

Kenton Trimmings 5 Mozart Street London W10 4LA United Kingdom

The Lining Company (Bernstein & Banleys) (www.theliningcompany.co.uk)

The Lining Company Unit 7 Britannia Business Park Comet Way Southend-on-Sea SS2 6GE United Kingdom

Linton Tweeds (www.lintondirect.co.uk)

Linton Tweed Shaddon Mills Shaddongate Carlisle, Cumbria CA2 5TZ United Kingdom

MacCulloch & Wallis (www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk)

MacCulloch and Wallis 25-26 Poland Street London W1F 8QN United Kingdom

Scabal (www.scabal.com)

Scabal 12 Savile Row London W1S 3PQ United Kingdom

Yorkshire Fabric (www.yorkshirefabric.com)

Yorkshire Fabrics Fatty Cake School House Watergate Methley Leeds LS26 9BY United Kingdom

[Henry Hall]

Fatty Cake School House?!

[jruley]

For those interested in high quality traditional wool broadcloth and related fabrics, don't forget:

A W Hainsworth & Sons Ltd
Spring Valley Mills
Stanningley
Pudsey
West Yorkshire
LS28 6DW
United Kingdom

http://www.awhainsworth.co.uk/

+44 (0)113 257 0391

[hutch--]

Thanks Jim, these extra links are very useful.

[Thom Bennett]

Yes, completely forgot about Hainsworth, thanks Jim.

[hutch--]

Here is the link to Harris Tweed.

http://www.harristweedshop.com/

[Manuela in Hong Kong]

The list wouldn't be complete without mentioning Linton Tweeds:

http://www.lintondirect.co.uk/shop/online-store/where/category-new/fabric--qt-s.html

[hutch--]

Gratsie,

We will ask Tom to plug that one in as well.

[Thom Bennett]

Done.

[Henry Hall]

I just checked the Linton Tweed online shop. The fact they sell outside of 'trade' is good, but the cloth names are weird. There's nothing there really suitable for making up traditional men's tailoring. It looks more like the cloths used for making up ladies' fashion suits, skirts, which is okay if that's what's required.

[pfaff260]

Linton Tweed has been suplying Chanel with tweed for decades.

[Henry Hall]

Linton Tweed has been suplying Chanel with tweed for decades.

So I wasn't completely off-base The cloths look very much like many a Chanel jacket I've seen at weddings over the decades.

[kate]

"The cloths look very much like many a Chanel jacket I've seen at weddings over the decades."

Funny you should say that, Henry, here's a Linton Tweeds jacket  that I made last summer for my nephew's outdoor wedding. I could zip it up and be warm *and* smart. I don't know if you can see in the picture but it's got some gold metallic thread in the weave. Just the right amount of glitz for a wedding. And did I say it kept me warm...

[ps: let me know if no picture displays, just working out how to do this]

[Schneiderfrei]

I thought I did this one already but I must have forgotten to press Post;

Don't forget ACORN FABRICS, shirting and other stuff.  I have got a lot of stuff from them.

[Thom Bennett]

I did say "here are a few... didn't I?" Only joking, I pop it on the list.

You did mention it Graham, but, it was on the copy on the play-pen which Hutch had copied to sort out a coding question I had.