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Since 2009 · 45° S 170° E

A trading floor built on provenance, not promises.

AURELEAN connects the world's finest mills with the buyers who move volume — one verified sourcing floor for greige and finished cloth, priced at true trade rates.

Our story

From a single ledger of mills to a global floor.

AURELEAN began as a buyer's notebook — a quietly kept list of the mills whose cloth could be trusted without a second inspection. Houses in Biella, Okayama, Bergamo and the Scottish isles, each vouched for by hand.

Today that ledger is a marketplace. Every roll is traceable to a named mill, lab-tested for composition, and offered at the rate a serious buyer should pay — no opaque margins, no minimums you cannot meet.

We remain, at heart, an atelier of sourcing: small, exacting, and devoted to the craft behind the cloth.

45° S · 170° E — The AURELEAN floor
86Verified Mills
1,240Fabrics On The Floor
32Countries Shipped
15yrSourcing Heritage
What we stand for

Three commitments, without exception.

01

Verified provenance

Every listing is tied to a named, vetted mill — with lab-tested fibre content and certificates attached.

02

True trade pricing

The rate you see is the rate a serious buyer should pay. No hidden margins, no surprises at the dock.

03

Sample before volume

Order a swatch box of any roll and approve the hand before you commit a single metre.

For mills

List your stock on a floor that respects the craft.

Reach vetted buyers worldwide, keep your inventory in sync, and let AURELEAN handle verification, sampling and consolidated freight. You weave; we do the rest.

Become a Selling Mill

What sellers get

A verified storefront with your house's heritage
Live roll-level inventory sync
RFQ routing from serious, qualified buyers
Sampling, verification & freight handled for you
The Sourcing Journal

Notes from the floor.

Mill Visit

Inside Biella: where worsted wool is still a craft

A morning with the spinners who have set the standard for Italian suiting since 1663.

Read note
Buyer's Guide

Reading a fabric spec: GSM, weave & hand

What the numbers on a listing actually tell you about how a cloth will behave.

Read note
Glossary

Linen, flax & hemp: a field guide

The bast fibres, how they're finished, and where each one belongs in a collection.

Read note
Get in touch

Talk to the sourcing desk.

Sourcing Desk[email protected]Mon–Fri · response within one business day
For Mills[email protected]List your stock or request verification
Atelier45° S · 170° EDunedin · Milan · Tokyo