Duclos just got back to me after consulting with Ramesh and they were concerned with how the exotic skin would handle the embroidery (“resistance” is the word they used) so they aren’t going to be producing it after all.
Yes, that's understandable and what I was also wondering about when you mentioned that they were going to use an exotic skin underneath the passementerie.
Hopefully, you can come up with an interesting SO alternative with them that you said you're currently consulting about.