Suppliers
These are almost all U.K. based, like me, making it easier for me to contact or visit them. I do not link with any company I have not bought from, or had dealings with.
These are almost all U.K. based, like me, making it easier for me to contact or visit them. I do not link with any company I have not bought from, or had dealings with.
Link | Description |
|---|---|
| MacCulloch and Wallis | Fabric, millinery, corsetry supplies and haberdashery - online store. Keep an eye on the site as there are constant updates - men's trouser waist banding now in stock, plus some lovely Regency type cottons, and some very, very expensive printed linens. |
| Borovick's | Fabric and some haberdashery supplies |
| M Perkins | Brocade, church fabrics and orphrey braids. |
| James Hare Silks | A company with wonderful silk taffetas. I only use their mail order service. |
| Whaleys | A wide range of natural and synthetic fabrics, including corset fabrics. |
| Bennett Silks | Also a company which supplies silks. Again, I use the mail order service. |
| The Cloth House | Two shops, one with linen/wool/cotton type fabric, the other with everything else! |
| The Silk Society | As it suggests, mainly silk fabrics |
| The Berwick Street Cloth Shop | Another silk and luxury fabric shop |
| Broadwick Silks | Mainly silk fabrics |
| Joel and Son Fabrics | Hundreds of fabrics of all kinds, and great customer service. However, their fabrics can be very, very expensive. |
| Bernie the Bolt | Vast range of linen, linen mix, wool and wool mix fabrics - some specially dyed for re-enactors. Contact for samples. Full mail order service - no shop. |
| Classic Textiles | Huge range of good quality wools, linens, silks, polyesters and modern fabrics, all very good value, and often cheaper than anywhere else. |
| Kleins | Haberdashery and craft supplies, and some corsetry supplies. |
| Barnett Lawson | Huge range of braids, ribbons, buttons, feathers and trimmings |
| Little Trimmings | Small scale trimmings and lace, and a very helpful lady |
| Catherine Delaney | Superb milliner |
| Annie the Pedlar | Jewellery and Tudor/medieval artifacts, and baskets, among other treasures |
| Pewter Replicas | Tudor/medieval jewllery and other pewter artifacts |
| Gina B | Beautiful replicas of braid, purses, belts etc., mainly Medieval and Tudor. |
| The Buckle Shop | An online source of buckles, mostly modern |
| Derek Easton | Wigs - supplies wigs for most of my customers |
| D.M. Buttons | Covered buttons and stitched buttonholes and eyelets, a real timesaver. Also some ready made buttons, and some haberdashery |
| F. Ciment (Pleating) Ltd. | Commercial pleaters |
| Silvan Ltd. | Exquisite lace and trimmings - contact for samples |