The Studio · Fabric

The fabric library.

A reference for choosing, not a stock list. 196 colours and weaves across the families Sam works in, from worsteds and flannels to tweeds and tuxedo barathea. Find the direction you like here, then see the real fabric at your fitting.

The swatches on this page are drawn, so your screen can show you a direction. The books are what you actually turn on the table, and there are a great many more pages in them than there are colours here.

Shelves of fabric sample books at the studio, spines labelled Tuxedo, Suit, SS Jacket and Dressing
The shelves at the studio · photographed by R. Ragupathy
Open fabric books on the table, a swatch card from the Italian mill Reda resting on navy suiting
Choosing, in progress · R. Ragupathy
Hands turning the pages of a navy suiting book across the studio table while choosing fabric
An hour at the table · R. Ragupathy
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196 swatches shown
Fabric is only half of it

See it as a suit.

Find a direction here, design the jacket, lapel and lining on the drawing board, then bring both to your fitting. Sam puts the actual fabric in your hands before anything is chosen for good.