How to source fabric in the marketplace
Sourcing fabric in the marketplace means building a shortlist you can describe: fibre, construction, weight, and garment. The fabric sourcing page explains the commercial frame. This page explains how to use search and collections without leaving the marketplace mindset.
How this uses the marketplace
Name the garment first. Then search or open a collection. Reject cloths that do not publish the field you need. Two fabrics that only share a colour are not a shortlist.
What to do next
Link each keeper to its fabric URL. Add quantity when you inquire. If you still need GSM vocabulary, read the weight guide, then return to /marketplace/.
Limits
Do not open a second sourcing canonical that repeats the fabric sourcing page word for word. This page stays on the search-and-shortlist step.
Using “how to source fabric in the marketplace” in a brief
Sourcing fabric in the marketplace means building a shortlist you can describe: fibre, construction, weight, and garment. The fabric sourcing page explains the commercial frame. This page explains how to use search and collections without leaving the marketplace mindset.
How to source fabric in the marketplace stays on one question. The marketplace at /marketplace/ is still the catalog. This page does not add a price, a certificate, or a count of suppliers.
After you read the limit — Do not open a second sourcing canonical that repeats the fabric sourcing page word for word. This page stays on the search-and-shortlist step. — open a fabric page and copy the composition and construction into the inquiry. Leave GSM blank if that page does not publish weight.
Teams use this note when they need language for how to source fabric in the marketplace. They still have to look at the cloth. A heading is not a spec.
Questions about this step
- Where should a sourcing brief start?
- Start on the marketplace or a collection, then freeze specs from a fabric page.