Forgot to mention, when I asked the company they said they wouldn't be able to tell me (!?)

Most interior designers either already have accounts with a lot of companies or can easily open one if it's a line they have not previously used. Find a designer and expect to pay a substantial mark-up. BTW, what is the brand of fabric?

Ask that design center to recommend an interior designer.

Thanks everyone.

Anglo..., the brand is Osborne & Little (including Matthew Williamson). Also have been keen on Nina Campbell.

Rather..., I'm still deciding between a few, but they are all O&L/MW.

If you know the design name and the brand, you can Google it and you will discover many places that will order to-the-trade fabric for you. Many are in the UK, but the price might still make this attractive.

Unless they specified that the designer has to have an account, it's possible they'll sell to a designer who doesn't have an account. Often they just have to produce proof that they're a designer, sometimes it's just a letterhead.

Try Source 4 Interiors and see what they say.

go to the fabric company's website you are interested in (in this case Osborne & Little). Click on Stockists, enter your country and postal code and they let you know which company is closest to you for ordering through.

Karla, I believe that she has already been to that company, and that company is the one that told her that she needed to order through a designer.

Kristin, is that the case? The O&L website will only give you representative showrooms that sell to the trade only - not retail dealers, from what I can tell. At least I did not find any retail outlets there.

Yes, Some are listed in my area that can order, others are showrooms she can contact and they would have a list of the designer's who have accounts that can order for her area.

Just go through the design center nearest you that carries Osborne and Little. They WILL be able to recommend a designer you can contact.

Thats your only route. No design center will do business with a designer who does not have a resale certificate allowing the designer to collect and report sales tax in your state.

No letterhead is sufficient. Sorry.

Have you tried looking online for the fabric? I googled osborne and little fabric and you can buy it, yourself, online. One of the previous posters gave a link to one place that you can buy it online (source 4 interiors is open to the public). I don't know if it's less or more expensive to just buy it yourself (or if the specific fabric you want is available online), but... I'm sure there are multiple places to get the fabric and I'll bet you can actually buy it yourself, online, if you'd like to do that. I think there are alternatives to giving your business to an uncooperative and unhelpful store...

Here is another online design store. I've gotten quotes from them, but never purchased. https://ladesignconcepts.com/

I found O & L on Ebay!