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FineFabrics.com has the finest collection of designer fabrics available on the Internet. We specialize in quality fabrics of silk, wool, linen and cotton. We carry a few fabric blends, but only if they are of the highest quality. We handpick each item from a variety of sources around the world. The quality of our goods alone will inspire you to sew. You may enter our online store.... here

Current fashion fabric picks:

Pierre Cardin - Wool Pinstripe
Ralph Lauren - Silk Brocade
Carolina Herrera - Silk Broadcloth
Solstiss
French Beaded Lace
Karen Kane - Rayon

Silk Dupioni Ikats
Burnout Rayon & Silk
Irish Linen
Swiss Cotton Batiste
Swiss Cotton Voile
Swiss Cotton Pintucks
Japanese Kimono Rayons

Indonesian Cotton Batik
Balinese Rayon Batik
Butik Batik

Vintage Tie Silk
Vietnamese Silk & Rayon
Cambodian Silk & Rayon

Super 100 Wool
Super 120 Wool
Super 150 Wool

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Last updated:
August 27, 2006

Susanne Chess has a new business model all sewn up with Fine Fabrics of Santa Barbara. The specialty fabric shop opened [in 2004].... she... keeps the inventory, which includes the likes of Carolina Herrera, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Nicole Miller and Donna Karan, changing on a weekly basis....

To keep her inventory current, Chess travels to trade shows and works with a fabric buyer... “who’s connected to designers like Oscar de la Renta and Chanel,” she said. In making her selections she visualized, “how the fabric will look as a garment and whether it’s something worn in Santa Barbara” she continued. “I’ve lived her for 30 years and I know the lifestyle. I’m also looking for quality, a cut above what you’ll find in ready-made stores.”

As the name implies, Fine Fabrics of Santa Barbara offers fine fabric such as Soltiss-Bucol’s $879 per yard French beaded lace.

“It’s a fashion fabric store, “Chess continued. “Although there could be some crossover into home décor. But fashion fabric is what I know....

Hoping to serve as an inspiration and even a muse to budding fashion designers and amateur sewers, Chess has made part of her shop into a classroom, complete with Bernina sewing machines provided by Grant House. “Its kind of an Internet café for sewing,” she quipped. Customers can browse the pattern books and select projects, choose fabrics and actually do the sewing at Fine Fabric. Chess and her sewing savvy staff are on hand to guide them through every step of the process from laying out the pattern and cutting the fabric to sewing the button holes and adding zippers.... more at South Coast Beacon

......For most brides, the wedding dress is the most personal element of the wedding. It must be perfect. The beauty of making your own is that you are not limited by current fashion offerings. You can pick and choose different details from different dresses. Start by collecting pictures of those dresses that have details you like. Eventually you will find themes, particular necklines, waistlines, sleeves, backs, hemlines, silhouettes and fabrics or fabric combinations that define your desire. Don't limit your research to current fashion magazines. Take a look at history also. A good resource is the public library, or those at Santa Barbara City College or UCSB. Fine Fabrics of Santa Barbara also has a collection of fashion history books you can peruse......

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