Ordering Wholesale Fabric at Rijs Textiles: A Real Project From Order to Finished Rail Stock

Twelve linen jumpsuits hanging on a rail, all cut from the same bolt, all the same shade of washed grey-blue. That's what a small studio in Antwerp had waiting for their first pop-up of the season last spring. No colour drift between piece three and piece nine, no panic call about a dye lot running out halfway through cutting. That consistency is the whole point of buying wholesale fabric properly instead of piecing together retail cuts from three different shops. The studio placed one order through our fabrics wholesaler page, and I want to walk you through exactly how that order went, because the process trips people up more from unfamiliarity than difficulty.

This is the kind of project I like talking through with other business buyers: not a hobby project, but a small production run where the fabric decision actually affects your margins and your rail presentation.

The fabric choice

The studio needed something with drape but enough body to hold a jumpsuit's shape through the leg. They landed on our stonewashed linen fabric. Stonewashing softens the hand and takes the stiffness out of raw linen before it ever reaches your cutting table, which matters a lot when you're producing twelve identical pieces and can't afford one garment to sit differently on the body than the others.

For buyers weighing alternatives on similar projects: a tencel twill fabric gives you a smoother, slightly heavier drape if your client wants more structure in the trouser leg, and a cotton twill fabric is the sturdier option if the jumpsuit is meant for workwear-style retail rather than occasion wear. Linen won here because the brand's whole spring line leans into that lived-in, breathable look, and stonewashed linen behaves consistently across bolts, which you can't always say for undyed linen straight off the loom.

Preparation

Before ordering, the studio checked our fabric colour card to confirm the exact shade against their moodboard, since screen colours never quite match reality. Once confirmed, they calculated yardage per size, added a buffer for pattern matching at the inseam, and worked out total metres needed across all twelve pieces in one colour.

That number mattered immediately, because our wholesale terms ask for a minimum purchase of 6 metres of fabric per colour, alongside a minimum order value of €200 net. Twelve jumpsuits in one shade cleared that easily, but if you're a smaller atelier testing a design in three colourways, plan your yardage per colour with that 6-metre floor in mind before you build your cutting plan.

Registration came first: the studio set up a business account with their company details. Because they're based in Belgium and ordering from us in the Netherlands, they entered their VAT identification number at registration. That's what triggers intra-community delivery treatment, meaning 0% VAT is applied to the invoice instead of Dutch VAT. Skip that field and you'll be charged standard VAT, so it's worth double-checking before you submit anything.

Placing the order

At checkout, instead of a normal payment method, they selected "wholesale quote" as the payment option and confirmed the order. That's the step people sometimes miss: you're not paying at this stage. You're flagging the order for review. Our team checks the account details, confirms the VAT number where relevant, and adjusts pricing to wholesale rates. A new quote then lands in your inbox by email, reflecting the correct wholesale pricing and the 0% VAT line if intra-community delivery applies.

The studio reviewed the new quote, matched it against their yardage calculation, and confirmed it was correct before moving to payment. That review step is worth taking seriously, especially on multi-colour orders where quantities per shade need to line up exactly with what you specified.

Payment and delivery

Once happy with the quote, payment went through via bank transfer, though a payment link is offered too if that's easier for your bookkeeping. As soon as payment lands on our side, the fabric ships and a track and trace code follows by email so you can plan your cutting schedule around the delivery window. The invoice, VAT treatment included, sits ready to download from the order history whenever your accountant needs it.

Other projects, same process

The same ordering flow works whether you're stocking a rail of jumpsuits, restocking basics, or building a small collection. A shop reordering jersey fabrics for tees each season follows the identical registration, quote, and VAT steps. A studio working with vegan leather fabric for bag trims runs through the same 6-metre-per-colour minimum. It's one consistent process across our whole range, which is honestly the point: once you've done it once, reordering takes minutes, not another round of figuring out where to click.