Textile circularity · Real value · New life

Every fabric has an afterlife.

Replastex is Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos) and the UK's first managed marketplace for high-value fabric afterlife. We unlock the value in aso-oke, French lace, brocade, ankara, George, akwete and denim, and connect it with the creators building what comes next.

Fabric
French lace
Fabric
Aso-oke
Fabric
Brocade

Fabric families we currently accept.

The wedge

A culture of high-value fabric, stranded after a single wear.

In Abuja, Lagos, and across the diaspora, asoebi traditions move enormous volumes of premium fabric, French beaded lace, aso-oke, brocade, ankara, George, akwete and denim, bought at exorbitant prices, worn once, then quietly stored away.

Tailors and fashion houses accumulate studio surplus. Households inherit yardage with no second life. The fabric is too valuable to discard, too specific to resell casually, and too fragmented for any single buyer to source at scale.

That gap is the marketplace.

Fabric
Aso-oke
Fabric
French lace
Fabric
Brocade
Fabric
Ankara
Fabric
George
Fabric
Akwete
Fabric
Denim
Fabric
Offcuts
Supplier-led pricing

You know what your fabric is worth.

Example lot
5 m premium lace
Supplier sets
Complete-lot price
Replastex
25% on sale
Supplier receives
75% of lot price

The buyer pays shipping at checkout. Suppliers remain responsible for their own taxes. We review the lot details and chosen price before publication, then verify material and condition on intake.

Live inventory · preview

The trade floor.

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Fabric
Aso-oke ceremonial yardage
SKU AS-014
Weight
4.2 kg
Hub
Abuja, NG
Condition
Single-wear, archival
Status
Verified
Fabric
French beaded lace remnants
SKU FL-221
Weight
1.8 kg
Hub
London, UK
Condition
Sorted by colourway
Status
Verified
Fabric
Brocade offcuts, mixed lot
SKU BR-087
Weight
6.5 kg
Hub
Abuja, NG
Condition
Studio surplus
Status
Verified
How it works

Parallel logistics. One marketplace.

For Suppliers

Tailors, households & asoebi guests

  1. 01

    Profile & list

    Catalog fabric by type, length and condition, then set the price for the complete lot.

  2. 02

    Managed pickup

    Schedule a collection, bi-monthly cadence for households, on-demand for studios.

  3. 03

    Verification & payout

    We verify the lot. After a sale, Replastex keeps 25% and you receive 75%.

For Creators

Brands, upcyclers & design houses

  1. 01

    Source verified materials

    Filter by fabric type, weight, condition and origin hub. Every lot is traceable.

  2. 02

    Request samples

    Review supplier-set lot prices and request samples before committing.

  3. 03

    Traceable supply

    Each batch carries origin and chain-of-custody data, ready for your impact reporting.

Primary supply hub

Lagos, Nigeria

Expanding supply network across Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Lekki. Asoebi and household yardage collections.

Primary supply hub

Abuja, Nigeria

Where the fabric story lives, asoebi events, tailor networks, household yardage. 20+ active households on bi-monthly pickup.

Demand & distribution

London, UK

Where verified inventory meets European sustainable brands, upcyclers and material innovators.

Origin

Built from a household pickup route.

Replastex began with 20+ households on a bi-monthly recovery route. Talking to those same households, the same question kept coming back: what do I do with the asoebi from the wedding? The lace from the funeral? The aso-oke I'll never wear again?

The answer became the marketplace. Same managed pickup, same verification spine, same buyer network, now routed around the textiles carrying the most cultural and material weight on the continent.

20+
Active households
Bi-monthly
Pickup cadence
3
Hubs, Abuja · Lagos · London
100%
Verified inventory
Join the pilot

Be first on the trade floor.

We're onboarding suppliers and creators in cohorts. Tell us which side of the marketplace you're on and we'll be in touch.

Browse lots & request samples