Our customers range from the largest clothing manufacturers to couture designers, colleges of design, arts, fashion and textiles, hospitals, theatre and film costume departments, outfitters of uniforms, and dry cleaners. We also supply to hobbyists and sewing enthusiasts, and pride ourselves in being the top choice for haberdashery, sewing supplies & textile trimmings in the UK.
Fashion & Textile Designers
Our biggest client base is our range of fashion designers. We serve design houses such as McQueen, McCartney, Beckham, Westwood, Williamson, Pilotto, Katrantzou and Erdem. In addition, many up-and-coming designers visit our shop for their design supplies and receive personalised service from our knowledgeable staff.
FASHION DESIGNERS – BESTSELLING ITEMS:
– Spot and cross pattern paper
– Manilla card
– Linings and interfacings
– Cutting tools
– Other Fashion & textile design supplies
Bridal wear Designers
We are pleased to include amongst our clientele, bridal wear designers such as Suzanne Neville, Alan Hannah, Castigliano, and Jenny Packham.
BRIDAL WEAR DESIGNERS – BESTSELLING ITEMS:
– Lingerie & Bridalwear items
– Rigilene Boning
– Dress net
– Calico
– Coats Sewing Threads
– Vilene Interfacings
– YKK zips
Students, Schools & Colleges
We deliver to many design schools, colleges and universities in the UK who specialise in the fashion, textile and design fields. We offer a very prompt service, so students, staff and personnel can expect their goods delivered in no time.
STUDENTS & COLLEGES – BESTSELLING ITEMS:
– Spot and cross pattern paper
– Calico
– Fashion design supplies
– Fiskars scissors
– Cutting tools
– Linings and Interlinings
– Student Sewing Kits
Theatre Houses & Film Studios
We supply to some of the biggest production houses and film studios, notably The London 2012 Olympics, The Bond films, The Harry Potter franchise, The Great British Sewing Bee, and many independent film and TV companies.
We supply costume departments of most established West End Theatres including National Theatre, Royal Opera House, English National Ballet and many commercial theatres in London and throughout the UK.
Dry Cleaners & Repair Shops
We supply to many dry cleaner and repair companies throughout the UK. Don’t forget, we stock over 95% of our stock in our warehouses, so you can enjoy William Gee’s speedy delivery service throughout the UK – meaning that your repairs will be fixed as soon as possible, so no waiting around!
DRY CLEANERS & REPAIRS – BESTSELLING ITEMS:
– YKK zips
– Coats sewing threads
– Gutermann sewing threads
– Kick tape
– Linings
– Vilene interfacings
What do Harry Potter, James Bond and The Lion King all have in common?
You guessed it…we’ve supplied them all! In fact, we’ve been supplying fashion houses, theatre & film productions, fashion schools & colleges and sewing hobbyists with dressmaking supplies since we opened our doors in 1906.
Read about our heritage haberdashery: familly-run since 1906