Replace foreign reps wearing soft leather fabric (9)
I believe the answer is:
supersede
'replace' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'foreign reps wearing soft leather fabric' is the wordplay.
'foreign' is an anagram indicator (foreign order of the letters).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'soft leather fabric' becomes 'suede' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'reps' with letters rearranged gives 'pers'.
'pers' inserted inside 'suede' is 'SUPERSEDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for supersede that I've seen before include "Take the place of, supplant" , "set aside" , "Supplant, replace" , "Stop using" , "Take the place of, override" .)