Blouses & Dresses

Silk soft organza with solid sateen stripes in green and blue with a gold edge, the black is semi sheer. Gorgeous! Stripes run crossgrain. Width: 35" Beverly Hills estate dressmaker archive vintage sales are final

Base is a bluish charcoal with mustard and gold stripes about 1/8" soft and slightly crisp. I burned it feels like silk could be rayon. Maybe a blend. The width tells us a lot. This is mill is most likely not around anymore. Width: 35" Beverly Hills dressmaker archive All vintage sales are final

Dress weight, soft draping but not like a crepe or challis with some body. You could make a nice suit jacket underlined, a top, a dress - depending on the design. Alternating bands of satin and matte melange with variance in weave and texture subtle. Its a special piece. It has some wool but does not feel like it at all. Width: 58" wool, viscose, poly Italian designer deadstock

This looks and feels like a tropical wool but is actually viscose. It is from a very good mill in Italy. Just a great basic, bottom weight for summer slacks, dresses, soft unstructured tailored garments, spring summer suiting.  Width: 54" viscose designer surplus, Italy

A truly spectacular jacquard from Italy. Please look closely at the floral motif, it has dimensional layers and is indented into the base which is a black with gold specs showing through with some texture it is heavier kind of malleable like a duchess satin. The repeat is about 1 yard but it overlaps, I will cut on the yard. Suitable for jackets, coats, dresses, skirts.  Width: 59" 15% cotton, 35% viscose, 50% acetate Italy import

Light, delicate, with an eyelash scalloped edge. Excellent color says it all! Please note this comes in 5 yards cuts but sold by the yard. Width: 39" 76% cotton, 24% nylon French, designer surplus

Wonderful slightly transparent black fil a coupé polka dotted voile. Great for summer. 85% viscose, 10% cotton, 5% polyamide Width: 53" Italy, designer surplus

All you need is a waistband and some tights to make this happen. Both sides are usable, crisp but with some softness, sheer stripes with raised satin floral printed stripes that run crossgrain. You can underline and make an evening suit jacket or gather for a skirt/dress. maybe a bustier. This does not feel like a synthetic at all! Width: 58" Content: top shelf synthetic, Top Italian design house, 87% polyester, 17% polyamide

All you need is a waistband and some tights to make this happen. Both sides are usable, crisp but with some softness, sheer stripes with raised satin floral printed stripes that run crossgrain. You can underline and make an evening suit jacket or gather for a skirt/dress. maybe a bustier. This does feel like a synthetic at all. Width: 58" Content: top shelf synthetic, Top Italian design house, 87% polyester, 17% polyamide

Price is for 2 yards and 25" The quality, the hand of this piece feels so nice. Soft summer weight suiting with a little stretch. Not firm. The pattern reverses on the opposite side. Mix and match, coordinate with other colors, patterns, prints - think Miuccia. You can make a lot with this even a heavier shirt jacket, slim pants, fitted dresses, skirts. It isn't that crisp. The weave it's just so special seriously.  Width: 58" cotton, viscose, elastine Luxury Italian designer surplus

Sold by the repeat at 1 1/8 yards. This is from Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania Collection. RIP. This is a piece of history. Mesh is soft, thicker, and spongey. Quote from the Vivienne Westwood Foundation, ‘Buy Less, Choose Well and Make It Last’ 96% cotton, 4% elastine width: 52" Made in Italy

Exceptional. Peach base is semi sheer kind of like a laundered crinkled voilganza but with more body. Soft drape as you can see. On its own or I happen to have a sandwashed crepe de chine in a perfect match. Will make a beautiful boho blouse with jeans or a dress. Also the lilac silk rayon piping complements.  Width: 56" Content: viscose and silk, floral embroidery is viscose. no synthetic imported Italian designer surplus

From Italian company known for psychedelic prints. Easy to sew, you can serge directly -  sequined mesh with a little give lengthwise. A little transparency not much to worry about. You can treat like a woven and line to make a shift dress, caftan, great for tops with jeans, this is even more gorgeous in person. Pattern runs cross grain. Italian fashion deadstock, imported. 51" sequins/ 58"including mesh border