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Best For edits group fabrics by a documented end use. Pick the product you are building — a shirt, dress, knit, outer layer, or home textile — then compare the fabrics FabStitch has already mapped to that use.
Best For groups FabStitch fabrics by the application the sourcing reference documents: shirts, dresses, trousers, tailoring, activewear, knitwear, resortwear, occasionwear, outerwear, home textiles, upholstery, and bedding. The edit is a starting list, not a ranking.
Use this index when the garment or the product is already known and the fibre is not. Use a collection when the fibre is known and the garment is not. Both paths end on a fabric page.
Inside an edit, compare composition, construction, and stated weight. Two shirt fabrics can be a crisp cotton and a linen. They are both documented for shirting and they are not interchangeable.
The marketplace can filter by the same use. The Best For page is the readable version of that group, with the fabrics named. Share this page or a fabric URL, not a filtered search.
Guides linked from an edit explain a term that edit depends on, such as weight or a comparison. They do not replace the fabric list.
A use label does not add a price, a certificate, or a minimum. If the fabric page omits GSM, the Best For page does not invent one.
Shirts, dresses, trousers, tailoring, and outerwear are garment edits. Bedding, upholstery, and home textiles are product edits. The rule is the same: the use gets you the list, and the fabric page gets you the specification.
Search can filter by the same use. This index is the readable version, with the fabrics named. Share a Best For URL or a fabric URL, not a filtered marketplace link.
A short list is still a real edit. Upholstery or bedding may name fewer cloths than shirting. That is the catalog, not a missing page. Compare what is published and leave the rest blank.
When the use is right and the fibre is still open, stay on this index. When the fibre is right, switch to collections.
