Best Source for Pants Material

I hope this is the right group to post this question.

I am trying to have a pair of pants made by a tailor, based on a pair
of pants that I already own. The pants are no longer being made by the
manufacturer. The tailor said they can make an exact match of the
pants if they have a pair as a sample and I provide the material.

The pants are a rayon/polyester blend. The ratios are 65% rayon/ 35%
polyester. I have seen this fabric in other pants, but can't get the
right fit/drape from anything of the shelf (I'm very tall), which is
why I want to have these pants made.

I went to the largest fabric store in my local area, but they didn't
have anything that was even close. In addition, the person who helped
me acted as if he never heard of such a material--he didn't offer to
try to look it up in a catalogue or try to find it for me. I had this
same experience at several other fabric stores as well--"if we don't
have it, we can't get it."

If anyone has any ideas, or a good source to find this kind of
material, it would be very much appreciated. Again, I know the fabric
exists, as I find pants made from it occasionally (mainly golf pants).
So you have to be able to get it SOMEwhere, right?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Phil

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