I’m getting an awful lot of people asking me for pricing information on Eclipse’s range of products following my last article. I did ask them, however they’ve rightfully pointed out that they’re a wholesaler to industry and don’t sell directly to the public. While this site is aimed principally at fashion students and the ready to wear industry, there are an awful lot of home sewists reading the site so indeed it’s inappropriate to publish that kind of pricing. If you are in the ‘game’ and would like pricing I strongly urge you to contact them directly as they’re a really great bunch of people and there’s no better product range in Australia (I’ll stand by that personally).
If you’re a home sewist you can ask for any of the mentioned product names at your local fabric retailer and if they don’t have it you can ask them to source it from Eclipse … the more people that do this the more likely it’ll happen. The Carvico 384 matt and shiny ranges are very popular at retail dance fabric suppliers so it shouldn’t be difficult to source.
Some of the more technical fabrics I’ve been talking about are directed at industry purchasing large meterages. I’d strongly urge industry to give Eclipse a call for some samples or swatches as technical textiles have changed a lot in the last 5-10 years and it may be time for a change.
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Leah, are you designing your own prints? Are you looking at 2-4 colour block prints (most commercial prints) or photographic quality prints (sublimation)? The two methods are very different and depend completely on the length of your print run. This is something you’ll need to write up in some detail and get quotes on from a number of printers … especially considering sublimation print design is relatively new for most fashion designers. In Australia we have companies like Veronica Textiles that do relatively short runs and have a good history (although I wouldn’t necessarily call their existing prints “fashion forward”. Veronicas used to print on to carvico but I don’t believe that’s the case anymore. I can’t really recommend a sublimation printer at the moment but suggest you really go local to you for this … unless you’re getting the range manufactured elsewhere (then go local to that).
Hmmm … who are others using for printers and can any of you comment on the things Leah should be looking for in a printer (this really isn’t my area of expertise).
Hi Stuart,
Thanks for your amazing lead on Eclipse fabrics, I received samples and love what they offer for solids. I am wondering if you could offer any suggestions for a small scale manufacturer looking for printed lycra fabrics. I am getting a bit discouraged based on what I have seen here in the US at some textile shows, as well as online. I am totally willing to work with an overseas mill or distributor in order to get the kind of product I am looking for (fashion forward prints on high quality lycra fabric).
Thanks again,
Leah