Oh, we are a touch outside of my expertise for the late-18th century wool industry. What I can say is that the export of English/Welsh/Scottish wool, primarily to Flanders (and from there to the rest of Europe) becomes very significant in the 14th century...
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...so you have a new fiber to think about. The cotton is coming from India and the Americas, through Britain's trade network, being processed largely in Britain and then sold domestically or exported. You can see why Napoleon's continental system might matter here a lot...
...honestly, that weak summary is mostly the best I can do. This is a period where a lot of what I know about textile production from the pre-modern is changing very rapidly, so I can't speak in much detail...
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...but I think the other part of answering this question is to simply quote the French Nat. Convention decree 23 Aug. 1793 (the Levee en Masse), "Henceforth, until the enemies have been driven from the territory of the republic, the French people are in permanent requisition...
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...for army service. The young men shall go to battle; the married men shall forge arms and transport provision; the women shall make tents and clothes, and shall serve in the hospitals" (it continues). Ironically, that sort of near-total mobilization was possible...
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