I know all three of these sources are pretty well-known and conventional, and maybe somebody has already mentioned them in the context of the silk hunt and I missed it. But I would never go in search of silk without checking out: http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com http://www.fabrics.com http://www.denverfabrics.com.
Intermittently, fashionfabricsclub.com has had silk denims and silk broadcloths of varying weights; I got a really fabulous black/olive shot silk oxford that's a really nice heavy weight. Right now they have three 100% silk oxford fabrics (oxford is a plain weave, heavy weight) for $8 a yard. Right now they also have a black and gold cross-woven twill suit-weight silk for $10 a yard (http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_itemdetail.cfm?ItmID=K193) and a whole mess of $9 a yard shantungs. Fabric.com has also had silk denim on occasion. Both will let you return stuff if it's really not what you wanted when it arrives, and both offer pretty good prices. They also both carry rather extensive lines of douppionis, as does denverfabrics.com. Fashionfabricsclub.com also sometimes has $4 noils, and often has $6 - $8 ones, denverfabrics.com has them in the $5 - $8 range too. The selection varies as they get new stuf in, and different fabrics go on sale at different times, but if you keep an eye on them you can get some good noil bargains. Right now denverfabrics.com is offering three matka-type silk suitings for $3.98 a yard, for instance. For silk gauzes, organzas, chiffons, and other sheers, I would also always check these three vendors first -- you never know, and sometimes they have really wonderful stuff at really bearable prices. -- Lauren M. Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train." -- Morihei Ueshiba > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
