Suiting Fabric

Suiting fabric at TradeUNO — suiting at 56 and 58 inches, including Japanese suiting and woollen suiting, sold by the metre and in bulk.

Suiting is defined by behaviour rather than fibre: it has to hold a pressed edge, resist bagging at the knee and elbow, and keep its shape through a day of wear. Wool does this naturally; polyester-wool blends do it more cheaply and travel better.

The 56 and 58 inch widths are standard for tailoring and cut a jacket with far less wastage than narrow goods. Buy the full quantity for a suit in one lot — jacket and trouser cut from different dye lots will not match under daylight.

Related collections

• Wool · tweed — natural-fibre tailoring
• Blazers — fabric picked for jackets
• Formal shirts — the matching shirting
• Lining — jacket and trouser linings