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Stretch Wovens Suppliers.
LA LAME, INC.
Woven stretch imported from France & Asia. Yarn-dyes, plaids, textures & paper tafettas. Solid or with prints.

DOUBLETEX
A variety of cottons & polyester/cotton blends. Greige goods from the US, plus imports, dyed & finished in Canada. Featuring our Truflex family of poplins & twills, with a built-in stretch, easy to wear & care. No minimums on stocked colors, small minimums for special orders.

CINERGY TEXTILES, INC.
All types of bottom weight stretch wovens. Twills, herringbone & tweeds. Domestic & import from Asia. Cater to the men's, women's, junior's & children's markets. Moderate price points.
PHILIPS-BOYNE
Fine shirtings in cotton, poly/cotton, silk &100% Egyptian cotton. Solids, fancy stripes, jacquards, tone-on-tones, pinpoints, yarn-dyes & more. Import & domestic. Mens, womens & childrens markets. Moderate to better price pts. 3 million yds inventoried locally.
EASTERN SILK MILLS, INC. (CA)
NY Office: 561 7th Ave., NYC 10018 Tel:212-730-1300. Silk/lycra blended wovens available in colors or greige goods. Plant in U.S.A. Cater to mens & womens better & above markets.
ALASKA TEXTILE COMPANY, INC.
All types of stretch fabrics. Stretch fancies, velvets, velour taffetas, sequinned, shimmers, chiffons, cotton dobbies & other. Cater to womens & childrens markets. Moderate to bridge price points. New York Showroom: 212 764-7176.
ARVIND WORLDWIDE INC.
Mill & manufacturer of a large range of 100% cotton denims & dress shirting fabrics from India. Samples & bulk shipped directly from India, no stock inventory. Popular to better. Cater to men's, women's & children's sportswear markets.
ASCHER STUDIO INC.
Stretch sateen & stretch pique in solids & prints. 97% cotton, 3% spandex blend. Open line, stock in New York & Los Angeles for quick delivery.
B. BLACK & SONS
Toll-free#1-800-433-1546. Woven stretch wool & wool blend suitings & novelties. Jobber. U.S. & imported. Cater to mens & womens suit, coat, career & casual markets. Work with all price points.
BHN INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE INC.
Cotton/lycra stretch twills, denim, satin, charmeuse & poplin. Domestic & import from China, Japan, Italy & Korea. Cater to men's, women's & children's evening dress, blouse, shirt & sportwear markets. Moderate price points.
CHH AMERICA, INC.
Toll-free#1-866-BEMBERG. High quality polyester & poly blended stretch woven linings & novelties. Domestic & import. Worldwide delivery for 35 years. Offices in New York, Shanghai, Beijing & Hong Kong for immediate 5 million yards ready stock delivery.
COMPANION FABRICS COMPANY
Stretch velvet, netting and all kinds of stretch fabrics for dance & costume markets.
CONSOLTEX INC.
NY Office: Geoffrey Fonseca, 212 382-2280. Stretch wovens for the technical outerwear, activewear & sportswear markets. S3 Technologies&153; Soft Shell Systems fabrics - moisture management, high wind resistance and super water repellency.
EUROPEAN TEXTILE TRADING CORP.
Oldest U.S. selling agents, established in 1936. Carry all types of novelty stretch wovens. Cater to mens & womens moderate to bridge markets.
FITZSIMMONS FABRICS, LTD.
All types of fine fabrics with Lycra imported from France & Spain. Mill rep. Stretch satin, jacquards & solids. Cater to mens & ladies better, bridge, designer, lingerie & accessory markets.
FRILLS & THINGS
All kinds of fabrics with lycra & stretch wovens. Small & large production lots.
GOLDEN RAM FABRICS
High quality novelty woven fabrics both stretch and non-stretch in various weights. Import from China and Hong Kong. Cater to mens, womens, juniors & childrens casual, career, active, dress & uniform markets. Moderate price pts.
H.L.C. INT'L, INC.
Toll-free#1-877-642-7878. Woven blends of linen, linen/cotton, linen/rayon with lycra & stretch. Piece-dyes, yarn-dyes & stretch linen novelties. Import from own mill in China. Work with all markets. Moderate price points.
HAMIL GROUP, INC.
Cotton stretch woven yarn-dyes & linen/spandex & linen/rayon stretch novelties. Stretch yarn-dyes, solids, novelties & prints. Converter. Import from the Orient. Cater to sportswear & shirt markets. Moderate to better price pts.
HANNA COHEN TEXTILE AGENCY
Collection of coordinated novelty stretch woven fabrics & stretch jacquards from Europe. Also, crochet & lace fabrics. Represent: Carpentier & Preux, J.B. Bernard, Antess, C2N/Najberg-Najville mills of France & Italy. Better & bridge sportswear markets.
HIGH MILLS TEXTILES INC.
Wool blends with lycra in classic & novelty wovens, rayon, cotton & nylon blends with lycra & spandex. Imported. Cater to mens & womens moderate & better sportswear & clothing markets.
INTEL FABRICS/B. Z. FABRICS
Stretch satin, stretch velvet, stretch denim & other stretch novelties. Importer. Converter. Sample swatches available. Cater to the womenswear markets. Moderate price points.
MATT TEXTILE INC.
Novelty stretch suitings & textured fabrics in poly/lycra, poly/rayon/lycra & poly/nylon/lycra blends. Import from Far East. Cater to womens moderate to better career, casual & dress markets.
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
Large variety of wovens in polyester, nylon, spandex, and other synthetic blend fabrics. Manufacturer. The home of quick response and quality products. Cater to mens and womens, uniform, sportswear and activewear markets.
MOREX ENTERPRISES, INC.
Cotton/lycra stretch twills, denims and stretch velvet. Imports from Hong Kong. Cater to mens, ladies & childrens popular to moderate markets.
PACTECH, INC. N.A.
Woven 4-way stretch fabric specialists. Woven nylon, polyester & lycra blends. Various weights. Mill agent & import from Korea. Better to bridge price points. Cater to men's & women's athletic & activewear markets.
PRINTMAKER INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
All types of stretch woven novelties, blends with cotton, poly/poly blends & more. Finished garment packages of any stretch woven novelty, solid or printed. Import from all over the world. All price points for sportswear, childrens, dress, casual & accessory markets.
SPANDEX HOUSE, INC.
Specialized source of stretch fabrics since 1991. Large selection of Spandex and Lycra®. Nylon Lycra®, Cotton Lycra®, stretch metallic, stretch holograms, slinky, stretch velvet, sheer mesh, sheer illusion sufflex & much more. Cater to active, sport & costume markets.
STUDIO BERT FORMA
Wool & lycra stretch fabrics from Italy. Mill rep. Cater to mens and womens suit and careerwear markets. Better price points.
SYMPHONY FABRICS
Novelty stretch wovens & knits. Domestic converter. Cater to all types of womens apparel & all price points.
TOP VALUE FABRICS INC.
Nylon/spandex 4-way tricot, polyester/spandex 4-way tricot, cordura/lycra and 100% polyester woven stretch. Most styles of active/outerwear fabrics are available in a wide range of colors from stock.
TWIN DRAGON MARKETING INC./CA
Stretch indigo denims and stretch twills and other novelties imported from own mills in Hong Kong. Weights from 6 to 14 3/4 ozs Cater to junior, mens, missy & childrens sportswear markets.
TWIN DRAGON MARKETING INC./NY
Produces Indigo denims from 6 oz to 15 oz & woven stretch denims from 10 oz to 15 oz. Novelties in both fabrics. Plus novelty/fashion twill in rigid & stretch. Imported from own mills in Hong Kong. Cater to junior, mens, missy & childrens markets.
UNITED KNITTING
Manufacturers of performance stretch fabrics. Cater to mens & ladies swimwear, activewear, athletic & casual markets. Domestic. Better price pts.



















