Materials
Fabric is decided before a line is drawn.
A range is only as good as the cloth under it. We buy fabric ourselves rather than asking you to nominate a mill, and we tell you where each quality comes from.
The fabric wall
A few of the qualities we run
What each is good for, and where it comes from. These are qualities we run, not a mill's catalogue.
F-01 · Knit
Cotton knit
T-shirts and knit dresses that have to hold a printed panel flat after wash.
Knitted and dyed in Ludhiana.
F-02 · Knit
Slub jersey
Tees and relaxed tops where an irregular surface does the work instead of a print.
Grey from south India, dyed in the NCR.
F-03 · Knit
Popcorn knit
Kids dresses and women's tops that need relief without embroidery cost.
Knitted in Ludhiana, dyed in the NCR.
F-04 · Knit
Looper terry
Sweatshirts, hoodies and joggers; heavier bodies that keep their shape on the rail.
Knitted and dyed in Ludhiana.
F-05 · Woven
Crepe
Wide trousers, blouses and dresses that want drape rather than structure.
Texture qualities from Surat.
F-06 · Woven
Yarn-dyed stripe
Co-ord sets where two pieces must match at the stripe after cutting.
Woven and yarn-dyed in the NCR.
F-07 · Woven
Indigo denim twill
Jackets, skirts and jumpsuits.
Woven in the west, finished in the NCR.
A selection. Tell us the handle you are chasing and we will tell you whether we run it.
Knits
Knits we work in
- Popcorn
- Slub
- Cotton sinker
- Cotton poly
- Spun
- Cotton lycra
- PK knit
- Looper knit
- Terry
- Fleece
- Viscose lycra, pearl finish
A selection. Tell us the handle you are chasing and we will tell you whether we run it.
Wovens
Wovens we work in
- Cambric
- Voile
- Poplin
- Crepe
- Double gauge
- Stripes
- Yarn-dyed
- Flannel
- Satin
- Linen slub
- Oxford
- Twill
- Filafil
- Canvas
- Silk denim
A selection. Tell us the handle you are chasing and we will tell you whether we run it.
Denim
We make denim garments across all three books.
Women’s jackets, skirts and jumpsuits, men’s jackets, overshirts and bottoms, and kids’ outerwear at a lighter weight. We work in a range of denim qualities and will tell you which one suits the make you are after.
Where it comes from
The supply base, named
A buyer who has been let down before wants to know whether the fabric risk sits an hour away or an ocean away.
Ludhiana
Knitting and dyeing partners — the knit base, and the mills we have used long enough to know which quality each of them actually holds.
Tirupur
Cotton knits and jersey at volume, where a knit programme goes when the quantity asks for it.
NCR — Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon
Dyeing and finishing, trims, embroidery and wash, all within a drive of this floor.
Surat
Texture fabrics, novelty and synthetic qualities. Fastest in the country on a trend.
Ahmedabad
Dyeing and processing; denim and bottomweight.
South and west India
Grey bought where the yarn is — Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Ichalkaranji — then dyed closer to us.
Bhilwara
Suiting and polyester-viscose blends.
Panipat
Heavier weaves and home-textile crossovers.
Jaipur, Bagru and Sanganer
Hand block print, bandhani and traditional surface work.
Amritsar and Kolkata
Cotton wovens and regional qualities.
Direct import — China
Trend qualities and bottomweights where the handle is not made here. We say when that is the route, because it changes your calendar.
Most of it is a drive from this floor. That is the point — a fabric problem is a phone call and a visit, not a shipment.
A selection. Tell us the handle you are chasing and we will tell you whether we run it.
Send a quality you are chasing.
Name the handle, the weight and the season. We will tell you whether we run it, where it would come from and what it does to your calendar.