Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 88 Textiles companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Textiles Companies & Startups (London)
Heist Studios
| Founders | Edzard van der Wyck, Toby Darbyshire |
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Heist Studios is an online bodywear brand that manufactures tights for women.
SupplyCompass
| Founders | Flora Davidson, Gus Bartholomew |
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Empowering fashion brands and manufacturers to produce better, together.
Worn Again
| Founders | Cyndi Rhoades |
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Worn Again is a textile to textile recycling technology that can separate and recapture polyester and cotton from discarded.
Kniterate
| Founders | Gerard Rubio, Tom Catling, Triam Zubeldia |
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Kniterate is an affordable and compact digital knitting machine for your workshop.
Charli Cohen
| Founders | Charli Cohen |
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Charli Cohen creates technical-wear, born out of a need for evolved clothing and progression within the fashion industry.
GIBIE
| Founders | Hitesh Anand |
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Developing Naturally Functional Bed and Bath Linen with Health Benefits
Shopological
| Founders | Elizabetta Camilleri |
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Shopological is a website and mobile app focusing on men’s and women’s fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.
B224 London Limited
| Founders | Antonis Valamontes, Stella Sampsonidi |
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Fragrances and Baby Apparels
Monreal London
| Founders | Stefani Grosse |
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Monreal London provides unique luxury sportswear brand.
Mr Porter
| Founders | Unknown |
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MR PORTER is an online retail store that offers designer clothing, shoes, accessories, and more for men.
Agent Provocateur
| Founders | Joseph Corré, Serena Rees |
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Agent Provocateur is a platform for the development of womenswear.
Gerard Darel
| Founders | Unknown |
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Gerard Darel fashion house was founded in the early 1970s by Gerard and Danièle Gerbi.
Liberty London
| Founders | Arthur Lasenby Liberty |
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Liberty London is specialist fabric prints which made it recognisable worldwide.
White Stuff
| Founders | Unknown |
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White Stuff is a fashion and lifestyle brand.
Dune London
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Dune Group engages in fashion footwear and accessories.
Ben Sherman Limited
| Founders | Unknown |
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Ben Sherman Limited provides Iconic British menswear business.
Ede & Ravenscroft
| Founders | Unknown |
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Ede & Ravenscroft is an online marketplace for Men’s clothes.
Hardly Ever
| Founders | Unknown |
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Hardly Ever is operates an online marketplace for buying and selling luxury and designer items for men, women, and children.
Thomas Pink
| Founders | Unknown |
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Thomas Pink is an England-based luxury clothing brand that designs a range of clothes for men and women.
Chalayan
| Founders | Hussein Chalayan |
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Chalayan LLP designs and develops fashion apparels.
Peak+Flow
| Founders | Unknown |
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Peak+Flow is creates technical sportswear sustainably and ethically.
Le Chameau
| Founders | Unknown |
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Le Chameau is manufactures and sells rubber boots.
Sigmatex
| Founders | Unknown |
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Sigmatex is an independent converter of carbon fibre with the widest range of textile technologies and proprietary manufacturing equipment.
Muraspec
| Founders | Unknown |
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Muraspec offers the best digital wallcovering service
Bella Freud
| Founders | Unknown |
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Bella Freud is a fashion designer producing a range of high‑end men’s and women’s clothing, focusing on knitwear.
DyeRecycle
| Founders | Anton Firth |
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DyeRecycle develops an innovative dyeing fibers technology using recycled dye from textile waste.
Nicole Farhi
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nicole Farhi produces knitwear for women and men.
Wallis
| Founders | Unknown |
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Wallis offers stylish, exclusive and modern fashion aimed at women in their 30s and 40s.
Snowas
| Founders | Unknown |
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Snowas is a retail sale company.
May Trading Uk Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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May Trading Uk Ltd is clothing supplier to high street labels such as Primark, Next and Topman out of administration.
Melissa Odabash
| Founders | Unknown |
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Melissa Odabash is a global luxury fashion clothing label that specializes in swimwear, beachwear, and accessories.
EAST Lifestyle
| Founders | Unknown |
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EAST Lifestyle is an online marketplace for clothing and home decor products.
Berendsen
| Founders | Unknown |
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Berendsen provides textile maintenance services.
Gilda& Pearl
| Founders | Diane Houston |
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Gilda & Pearl is the manifestation of our inspirations: Gilda is one of classic cinema’s most intriguing and glamorous Femme Fatales
Sister Jane
| Founders | Unknown |
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Sister Jane is a vintage-inspired women’s wear brand-based fashion brand, creating uniqueness, pieces emphasize uniqueness.
Beau Nuage
| Founders | Unknown |
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Beau Nuage is a Franco-British brand producing eco-friendly and innovative umbrellas.
Nicholas Kirkwood Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nicholas Kirkwood Limited designs and sells luxury footwear for women.
Studio Nicholson
| Founders | Unknown |
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Studio Nicholson is an online fashion and apparel stores specialized in designing, manufacturing, and selling garments for men and women.
Rampley & Co
| Founders | Unknown |
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Rampley & Co is an online clothing shop that offers men’s clothing and accessories.
CAD AND THE DANDY
| Founders | Ian Meiers, James Sleater |
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Cad & The Dandy is a tailoring company alterations, bespoke suits, shirts, work suits, formal wear, menswear and accessories.
Texaa
| Founders | Unknown |
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Texaa offers acoustic panels and solutions for architectural options for acoustic and technical challenges.
CARA MILA
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cara Mila brand brings a fresh perspective to the traditional bourgeois fur brand.
Amanda Kelly
| Founders | Unknown |
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Amanda Kelly is a textile design studio that offers print, embroidery, and beading designs.
TFNC London
| Founders | Unknown |
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TFNC London is an online marketplace for women’s clothing.
Aquascutum
| Founders | Unknown |
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Aquascutum manufactures and designs menswear, womenswear, sportswear, leather bags, and related accessories.
Biocouture
| Founders | Suzanne Lee |
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Biodegradable clothing
Lara Intimates
| Founders | Unknown |
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Lara Intimates is a apparel, and fashion industry firm.
Mungo & Maud
| Founders | Unknown |
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Mungo & Maud is a web store that offers dog & cat outfits on online and offline platforms.
Blooming Marvellous
| Founders | Unknown |
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Blooming Marvellous provides maternity clothes bargains.
Middlesex Textiles
| Founders | Unknown |
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Middlesex Textiles is a textile company that supplies West African fashion fabrics.
Sonya Winner Studio
| Founders | Unknown |
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Sonya Winner Studio is a digital store that offers rugs and pillows prepared from different materials, textiles, and weaving techniques.
Smart Textile Alliance
| Founders | Unknown |
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Smart Textile Alliance provides technical support for the advancement of industry standards and the development of high-quality products.
Selvedge Magazine
| Founders | Polly Leonard |
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Selvedge Magazine publishes information about textiles, arts, interiors, tours, culture, shopping, workshops, and events around the globe.
Jacques Vert
| Founders | Alan Green, Jack Cynamon |
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Jacques Vert offers wedding, bride and women’s dresses for occasional, casual wear.
Jasper Conran
| Founders | Unknown |
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Jasper Conran is a dressing designer house that creates and retails a wide range of clothes, handbags, backpacks and purses.
Shreddies
| Founders | Paul O’Leary |
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Shreddies is a manufacturer of carbon based garments. Shreddies patented products use an activated carbon cloth that absorbs and removes all flatulence odours which has become popular with customers from all over the world.
Apxpress
| Founders | Unknown |
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Apxpress is supplying printed hang tags, woven and printed labels to the local and then thriving fashion industry.
Robertto’s
| Founders | Unknown |
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Robertto’s specializes in designing and manufacturing silk, woolen, and cotton handkerchiefs, suit accessories, and pocket squares.
Hilton Textiles
| Founders | Unknown |
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Hilton Textiles is a company that specializes in African textiles. Vlisco, Filtex, Getzner, and Bauer are authorised providers.
Fashion Formula
| Founders | Unknown |
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Fashion Formula provides various types of custom fabric printing & designing services.
Print One
| Founders | Unknown |
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Print One is the most comprehensive leasing platform for exclusive textile designs
Three Graces London
| Founders | Three Graces London |
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Three Graces London is an online marketplace for clothing.
Christopher Farr Cloth
| Founders | Unknown |
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Christopher Farr Cloth is a designs of prints and weaves firm.
The Acey
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Acey engages in design, manufacturing and sales for women’s garments.
The Clothworkers Company
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Clothworkers Company promotes fellowship, textile education, craft skills and trusteeship.
Titan Merchandise
| Founders | Unknown |
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Titan Merchandise is a retailer that provides apparel, collectibles, books, comics, giftwares, magazines and homeware products.
Lite Apparel
| Founders | Unknown |
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Lite Apparel is an ethical and eco-friendly centred contemporary clothing brand based in London.
Urogroup
| Founders | Unknown |
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Urogroup provides readymade garments, apparel, textile trade, travel, shipping, software product development, and logistics services.
Curtain Factory Outlet
| Founders | Unknown |
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Curtain Factory Outlet is a textile company.
ISE
| Founders | Unknown |
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ISE is a manufacturer, stockholders, and supplier of promotional and workwear clothing and specializes in design and distribution logistics.
Watts & Co
| Founders | Unknown |
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Watts & Co offers wallcoverings, tableaux scéniques, passementerie, and textiles.
John Adam
| Founders | Unknown |
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John Adam is a textile industry.
Fenchurch International
| Founders | Unknown |
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Fenchurch International is manufactures and markets apparels under brand name Fenchurch.
Coppermill
| Founders | Jack Ratzker |
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Coppermill works on reducing waste & recycling textiles that manufacture & supply eco-friendly industrial cleaning rags, wipers & clothes.
English Cut
| Founders | Unknown |
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English Cut is a Savile row brand, offering traditional soft tailored suiting including English fabrics & style to distinguished clients.
Lavenham
| Founders | Unknown |
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Lavenham is a fashion brand that offers quilted jackets.
CoverCouch
| Founders | Unknown |
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CoverCouch makes beautifully designed, comfortable and functional replacement covers for sofas, chairs and armchairs.
Dar al Frenchie
| Founders | Unknown |
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Dar al Frenchie provides islamic clothing online.
Magscapes
| Founders | Unknown |
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MagScapes invented magnet-receptive wallcoverings and now manufacture and sell a range of wallcoverings and magnets.
Patternbank
| Founders | Unknown |
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Patternbank is a textile design, surface patterns, and printing studio.
Cole & Son
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cole & Son is an online shop that distributes a wide range of fabrics and wallpapers for home decor.
The Geffrye Museum Trust
| Founders | Unknown |
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Museum shop – beautiful, essential objects for everyday life. Celebrate the collection and take a part of the Museum home.
The Fashion Warehouse
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Fashion Warehouse is an online store that design, manufactures, and supplies a wide range of ladies wear and other accessories.
Doppelhaus
| Founders | Unknown |
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Doppelhaus is a textile company specialising in utilising non-woven technology for the creation of high-quality fabrics.
Let’s Try Arts
| Founders | Unknown |
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Let’s Try Arts is a website for finding creative activities in your local area
Dock & Bay
| Founders | Unknown |
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Dock & Bay is an e-shop that retails beach towels, swims shorts, adult ponchos, fitness towels, hair wraps, and makeup removers.
Aster Textile
| Founders | Unknown |
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Aster is a global multi-product textile company providing fashion designing and manufacturing services.
Stitch by Stitch
| Founders | Unknown |
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Stitch by Stitch create modern home textiles with artisans in Kutch and The Himalayas.
