Have rolls of fabric sitting in storage? Leftover trims from a previous collection? Excess stock that you no longer need?

Instead of letting unwanted materials take up valuable space, sell your excess fabric and trims here at Creative Fashion Services and connect them with designers, makers, brands and businesses looking for quality materials.

Give your surplus materials a second life

Fashion businesses regularly find themselves with materials they no longer need.

Perhaps a collection has been cancelled, a production run has finished, a colourway is no longer being used, or you’ve simply ordered more fabric than you needed.

Whatever the reason, surplus materials can still have plenty of value.

Our platform provides a simple way to list unwanted and excess fabric, trims and textile materials, giving other businesses and creatives the opportunity to discover and purchase them.

What might be surplus stock to one business could be exactly what another designer has been searching for.

What can you sell?

Creative Fashion Services is designed for a wide range of fashion and textile materials.

You can list:

• Deadstock and surplus fabric
• Excess rolls and lengths of fabric
• Fabric remnants and offcuts
• Vintage and discontinued fabrics
• Lace and embroidery
• Ribbons and tapes
• Buttons
• Zips and fastenings
• Elastic
• Piping and binding
• Labels
• Cords and braids
• Beads and sequins
• Decorative trims
• Hardware and accessories
• Other fashion and textile-related materials

Whether you have a few metres left over or substantial quantities from a cancelled production run, there may be someone looking for exactly what you have.

Why sell your excess fabric?

Free up valuable space

Unused rolls and boxes of trims can quickly take over studios, stockrooms and warehouses.

Selling materials you no longer require can help you clear space and make your remaining stock easier to manage.

Recover some of your investment

Surplus materials don’t necessarily need to become a complete loss.

By listing them for sale, you have the opportunity to recover some of the money originally invested in purchasing them.

Connect with new customers

Your excess stock could be useful to an entirely different business.

Independent designers might be looking for smaller quantities, while manufacturers and larger brands may be searching for specific materials in volume.

Our platform helps bring these buyers and sellers together.

Keep good materials in circulation

Perhaps most importantly, selling surplus materials gives them another opportunity to be used.

Instead of remaining forgotten in storage or eventually being discarded, unwanted fabrics and trims can become part of a new collection, sample, product or creative project.

Perfect for fashion businesses of all sizes

You don’t need to be a large manufacturer to benefit from selling surplus materials.

The platform can be useful for:

Fashion brands with leftover fabrics or trims from previous collections.

Manufacturers with excess production materials or cancelled-order stock.

Designers with fabrics they purchased for projects that never went ahead.

Textile businesses with discontinued or surplus stock.

Fashion students and emerging designers looking to sell materials they no longer require.

Stylists and costume departments with materials left over from previous projects.

Whatever the size of your business, if you have quality fabric or trims you no longer need, there could be a buyer for them.

From unwanted stock to someone else’s next project

One of the great things about surplus fashion materials is that their potential doesn’t end when the original project is finished.

A roll of fabric originally intended for one collection could become a completely different garment.

A box of buttons could find its way onto a new designer’s samples.

Leftover lace could be transformed into accessories.

Excess trims could inspire an entirely new creative direction.

By making these materials available to others, you’re helping create a more connected and resourceful fashion supply chain.

How does it work?

Selling your unwanted materials is simple.

1. List your materials

Create a listing with details of what you have available, including the material type, quantity, colour, composition and any other useful information.

2. Add photographs

Good photographs help potential buyers understand exactly what you’re selling. Include clear images of the fabric or trims, as well as close-ups where useful.

3. Set your price

Choose the price and selling terms that work for you.

4. Connect with interested buyers

Potential buyers can discover your listing and get in touch about the materials you’re offering.

5. Give your surplus stock a new home

Once sold, your unwanted materials can be put to use rather than sitting unused in storage.

Don’t let your excess materials go to waste

Every fashion business accumulates materials it no longer needs. The important thing is what happens to them next.

If you have unwanted fabric, excess fabric, deadstock or surplus trims, why not give another designer or business the opportunity to use them?

List your materials on our platform and turn your unwanted stock into an opportunity.

Have fabric or trims you no longer need? Sell them here and give them a second life