TexStyles Designer Fabric Showroom

TexStyles Designer Fabric Showroom Right in the center of the Austin, Houston, San Antonio Triangle! The Best Source of Quality Apparel Fabrics! OPEN to the Public by Appointment ONLY.

Austin's ONLY Source of Quality Apparel Fabrics! OPEN to the Public Tue - Sat: Noon - 6:30PM -
Ph # (512) -212 - 4733

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04/22/2026

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I’m preparing something amazing for y'all.Pulled from the fabric vault.Pieces held in reserve.Stacks that never touched ...
04/17/2026

I’m preparing something amazing for y'all.

Pulled from the fabric vault.

Pieces held in reserve.

Stacks that never touched the floor.

Warehouse Drop
Next Friday
Midnight

03/26/2026

Hey Beautiful People my Northern Store, Detroit Fabric Company, is going to be selling live on whatnot!

Click the link, follow my page and get a no strings $15 credit on me!

whatnot is like an indie QVC. Vendors large and small selling everything from $50 new iPads to designer scents to high end kicks at crazy low prices to..... well fabric!

I began as a skeptical customer and have had better experiences and support on the platform than anywhere else.

Oh and if you get that $15 credit.... you're going to help me out in two ways. 1. Like any social media platform, more followers positions me higher in the feed. 2. I'll get a $5 credit too

Do it for me for my Birthday!!!!

Ever wondered what happens after a business goes quiet?Sometimes you assume people moved on.Sometimes you assume the mom...
03/04/2026

Ever wondered what happens after a business goes quiet?

Sometimes you assume people moved on.
Sometimes you assume the moment passed.

And then you start making calls, answering messages, looking back through old threads, and you realize something.

A lot of you never stopped caring.

Over the last couple of weeks I have been checking signals, reconnecting with familiar names, hearing from people who still remember what TexStyles was, and discovering just how many designers and makers still miss having a real textile resource in their corner.

Not nostalgia. Need.

So here is what I am doing now.

I am working to restore TexStyles to you through a bridge I’m building now..

Not as a carbon copy.
Not as a time machine.
But as a living continuation of the same standards.

The same fiber intelligence.
The same obsession with hand and drape.
The same respect for the difference between “pretty” and “structural.”
The same commitment to sourcing that does not insult your work.

If you are not in Michigan, you will not be left out.

I am building a bridge.
Quietly. Deliberately.
Through relationships, through releases, through careful selection and timing.

When something lands, it will be because it belongs in your hands.
Because you will know what to do with it.
Because you can feel the difference.

If you have been watching from a distance, I see you.
If you have been waiting, I hear you.

TexStyles is still here.
And I am working to bring it back to you, even if it has to travel.

More soon.

Silk did not enter fashion quietly. It rewired economies.Silk began in China more than four thousand years ago. Accordin...
03/04/2026

Silk did not enter fashion quietly. It rewired economies.

Silk began in China more than four thousand years ago. According to legend, a cocoon fell into a cup of hot tea and began to unravel. What people discovered was that a single silkworm cocoon could produce one continuous filament that stretched for hundreds, sometimes over a thousand meters. Not fibers twisted together. One filament. That mattered.

For centuries, the knowledge of sericulture, the cultivation of silkworms and the reeling of silk filament, was tightly guarded. Silk was currency. It was tax payment. It was diplomatic leverage. It moved along the trade networks we now call the Silk Road, connecting China to Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Silk did not just travel. It financed the movement of culture, religion, technology, and fashion.

What made it so prized was not just rarity. It was performance.

Silk filament is smooth and triangular in cross-section, which allows it to refract light. That is why it glows instead of merely shining. It has remarkable tensile strength for its diameter. It can be woven into structures that are almost weightless or into dense satins that feel like liquid metal. It dyes with extraordinary depth because the protein structure of the fiber bonds beautifully with many dye classes.

It drapes in a way that changes how fabric falls around the body. It regulates temperature better than most people realize. It is strong when dry, weaker when wet, and responsive to heat. All of that requires knowledge to handle properly. Silk rewards skill.

It is also labor intensive from the beginning. Mulberry cultivation. Silkworm rearing. Cocoon harvesting. Reeling. Throwing. Weaving. Finishing. Every stage requires precision.

By the time silk became embedded in European court dress, ecclesiastical garments, Ottoman brocades, Renaissance velvets, and eventually couture houses in Paris and Milan, its place was already established. It was not decoration. It was structure, light, and technical mastery woven together.

When you hold silk, you are holding a material that shaped trade routes, economies, and fashion systems across continents.

It may be time to start thinking about what you are going to do with yours.

Designers.... hydrate. You're about to start paying attention to midnight.
03/03/2026

Designers.... hydrate. You're about to start paying attention to midnight.

Last night Austin bled.Sixth Street is not just a place on a map or a horrific headline to me. It is people. It is worke...
03/01/2026

Last night Austin bled.

Sixth Street is not just a place on a map or a horrific headline to me. It is people. It is workers finishing long shifts. It is friends meeting after a hard week. It is music drifting out of open doors. It is laughter carried down the sidewalk. It is a city alive in public. I carry 17 years of memories made on Sixth Street.

When violence enters a space built for gathering, it tears at more than a street. It tears at families, at neighbors, at the quiet trust that lets strangers stand shoulder to shoulder in the dark.

There are people waking up this morning altered forever. There are parents, partners, friends, and coworkers trying to make sense of something that has no sense in it.

Grief is heavy. Shock is heavy. Anger is heavy.
But so is love.

Cities are made of people who choose to keep showing up for one another. To hold space. To check in. To refuse to let fear be the only story.

From Detroit, with respect and solidarity, I'm holding Austin in my thoughts today.

May those who are grieving feel surrounded.
May those who are healing feel supported.
May the community find its way forward together.

There was a time when TexStyles was open 10 am to 10 pm.Every day.We built slowly.We built densely.We built with intenti...
03/01/2026

There was a time when TexStyles was open 10 am to 10 pm.

Every day.

We built slowly.
We built densely.
We built with intention.

Retail.
Cut and sew.
Education.
Community.

Eight years in Texas.

Not a moment.
A run.

What people may not have seen is how closely TexStyles and Atelier Benson informed each other.

The showroom sharpened my eye.
The label sharpened the showroom.

Design kept the sourcing elevated.
Sourcing kept the design grounded in reality.

They fed each other.

That is the long game.

When you build relationships instead of transactions, when you build infrastructure instead of hype, the work sustains.

And that philosophy has not changed.

For years I resisted selling fabric online.... some of y'all will remember that!Not because I did not understand e-comme...
02/25/2026

For years I resisted selling fabric online.... some of y'all will remember that!

Not because I did not understand e-commerce.

Because textiles are physical.

You cannot feel hand through a screen.
You cannot test drape in a photograph.
You cannot hear the density of a weave when it hits the table.

TexStyles was built in Austin around proximity. Fabric is sensory. It is relational.

Then the pandemic forced distance.

At the same time, I pivoted into teaching fashion and textiles at the university level in a hybrid format. I had to learn how to convey fiber properties, structure, drape, and behavior through a screen.

Hand. Recovery. Density. Surface.

And what I discovered is that it can be done. Not perfectly. Not identically to standing at a cutting table together. But accurately. Clearly. Responsibly.

Technology improved. Live video improved. The way we share detail improved. The way we build trust remotely improved.

I expected the transition to be purely technical. A matter of cameras, lighting, clarity, and process. But as I evolved, as my perspective and skill set evolved, my mind constantly returned to so many people over the years asking why I didn't have a website. That made me think of y'all. You were my go-to when the pandemic made things seem so dark. Simply, what I did not expect was how much I would miss Austin.

The leaning over tables.
The debates about fiber.
The way a room shifts when someone finds the right textile and everything clicks.

TexStyles was never just inventory. It was community.

That does not disappear just because the format changes.

So TexStyles is reopening in a different way. Still tactile in philosophy. More flexible in delivery.

And I am genuinely excited to reconnect with my Austin people and SHOW you what is new.

Literally.

02/24/2026

How Purchasing Through This Page Works in 2026

This page is active. Here is how buying works if you see something you love.

Seeing Inventory
Send a message or comment with what you are looking for. Fiber type, color, weight, project ideas, or even just a mood. The more I know, the better I can pull.

I will send photos and yardage details directly.

If you prefer, we can schedule a live video walkthrough so you can see texture, drape, and scale in real time before committing.

Video Walkthroughs
If you want a live table walk, we schedule a time.
I pull options.
You see everything up close and ask questions as we go.
When you decide, I confirm yardage and total.

Payment Options
Venmo
Cash App
PayPal
Zelle

Payment is required before cutting and shipping.

Shipping
Orders ship via USPS or UPS depending on size and destination.
Flat rate boxes are often the most economical for domestic U.S. orders.
Larger cuts are calculated by weight and destination.
Tracking information is provided once shipped.

International shipping is available and quoted based on destination.

How to Begin
Message me with what you are creating.
We move from there.

This process is meant to feel personal and intentional, not anonymous checkout cart energy.

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314 Main Street
Smithville, TX
78957

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