5 Best Fabric Shops in Johannesburg (2026)

Moosa's Fabrics trades from Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg under the name MSR Fabrics online, stocking a huge range including pearl lace, French lace, brocade, faux leather, pure linen and organdy prints, sold both in-store and through an online shop with nationwide delivery. It is the most-reviewed fabric shop in Johannesburg by a wide margin.

Karodia's Fabrics has traded in Hillbrow since the early 1990s and stocks a wide range of dressmaking and lace fabrics, with reviewers repeatedly singling out its lace materials. Long-serving staff and a loyal customer base run through years of reviews, some from customers who have shopped there for over three decades.

Makotis, on Helen Joseph Street in the Johannesburg CBD, is a fabric store that also functions as a clothing store, custom tailor and fabric wholesaler, with a focus on African print and traditional clothing fabric. It also lists itself as a textile exporter and fashion designer, suggesting it serves both retail and bulk buyers.

M&P Trikam has operated as a family business in Fordsburg since 1935, importing and supplying textiles to the clothing industry across Southern Africa. It is the sole South African agent for Italian suiting manufacturers Drago S.p.a and Lanificio Cerruti, and it stocks fashion fabric, corporate wear fabric and made-to-measure suiting and shirting, including Egyptian cotton shirting.

KIRSCH STEIN & CO has supplied wholesale textiles in the Johannesburg CBD since 1946, serving clothing manufacturers, tailors and designers across suiting, corporate wear, schoolwear, sportswear, workwear and specialty markets. It develops some of its own colour ranges in-house and also runs a second branch in Fordsburg with more parking.