Mia, There is a reason for the sharp jump in price.
I am right now making up a wholesale order for super spiffy linen from Ulster Linen in NY. Apparently, the Czech Republic, where most of the mid-lower grade linens were being made, more or less are getting out of that business. This leaves the higher end, higher prices linen producers in Ireland, Belgium and Italy to bear the market. and since they have the lions' share, they can drive the price up to whatever they want, and frustratingly, get it. I am unsure about the Indian market right now, or their quality. It's possible that is where the purchasers for the major chains are getting their goods from. However I was caught in the so-called 100% linen rook not long ago. I went to Toronto to buy linen, and found it for 6.50/m, they listed it as 100% linen. It wasn't. I got it home and while using it in my project, couldn't figure out why is was behaving strangely. I came to realise it had 3% lycra in it. They just can't leave the damned stuff alone; they have to put modern convenience crap in everything. That's why I am resorting to buying wholesale - not that it saves me a great deal, but I am getting the top end stuff wholesale for what some people are paying for mid grade stuff retail- and I *know* this stuff is pure. It had better be for the price I am paying for it. Almost no one is stocking high end linens right now because it's just too pricey to sit on that stock. Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert(Fieldless) On a rose Or barbed vert a lion's head erased gules. Its never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc. - Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/131 Costume content...and further ranting Has anybody else this side of the pond had a conniption over the price of linnen? I went to buy a bit to make an 18c cent shirt. and WOW, it was about 4-5 US dollars more than the last bit I bout last year!! now the quality available was really nice and I want tot buy some for some caps, but it was a bit too fine for a common soldiers shirt. I guess I have to break down and buy a bolt. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
