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Luxury leather belts by VAINCOURT
Vaincourt is a luxury French belt brand celebrating refined elegance and top-tier craftsmanship. Founded in 2011, Vaincourt was established to bring creativity and quality to an accessory often overlooked, even among high-end brands. Each piece is crafted in collaboration with a specialized manufacturer in the leather region of Limousin (center of France), known for its meticulous production and use of fine materials like veal, Barenia, and nubuck leathers. Vaincourt belts are crafted with the highest attention to detail, using premium leather from France or other closed European countries. Vaincourt emphasizes three core values: audacity, allure, and sensuality. The artistic approach offers a variety of styles and designs resonating with classic…
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Shoes by JM. WESTON
The JM Weston saga dated back to the year 1891, when Mr Edouard Blanchard founded a shoes factory in the Limoges city. The region was well know for its leather work due to live-stocks activity. 15 years later, his son Eugène Blanchard decided to travel to the USA and learn the american boot-makers’ craft in Weston city (Massachusetts). He imported back the “Goodyear” stitching technique, which allows shoes to be resole in the long term. Innovative, he decided then to only manufacture top of the line shoes and renamed the family business “J.M Weston”. JM Weston is the only French shoemaker which has its own sole leather tannery since…
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Handmade knife from LAGUIOLE city
The traditional LAGUIOLE style knife is born in the Laguiole village area (in the high plateau of Aubrac in the north Aveyron region, south of France). It was inspired from the spanish knives (Navaja) that the local men used to bring back after working there during the winter time. Since 1828, cutlers have been handcrafting the traditional knives with the following basic details: * an arche line * a folding form * a 1 to 3-pieces accessories: a blade, with additional corkscrew and/or awl. The corkscrew is linked to the request of the people from Aveyron who left the department to conquer the Parisian coffees. For the awl, it was…
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Coin collection & jewelry by MONNAIE DE PARIS
The “Monnaie de Paris” was founded in 864 by the French King Charles II. The King’s purpose was to decree the creation of a coining workshop in Paris, attached to the crown. At the time, 8 coin striking workshops were scattered right across the territory. For several centuries, the number of royal workshops varied. By 1878, only Monnaie de Paris was still in operation. Its current location (Quai de Conti) was decided by the King Louis XV. In 1958, President Charles de Gaulle relocated the coins factory (industrial minting) in the west of France ( 44 Pessac). The ultra-secured factory not only manufactures the Euro coins used in France…
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Luxury items (Clock, Pen, Lighter) by S.T. DUPONT
The history of the S.T. Dupont brand goes back to the year 1872 in Paris. Mr Simon Tissot Dupont, the Napoleon III photographer, decided to became a leather work designer. He started to manufacture refined travel trunks for the Parisian High Society. The S.T. Dupont accessories became soon essential for the European elite. In 1924, for an easier manufacturing process, the work shop was relocated in Haute-Savoie area (closed to the Annecy Lake). Over the years, the company successfully collaborated with Cartier in New-York. The customers were royalty, world leaders, screen legends and style icons. S.T. Dupont also launched new products such as beauty travel cases, briefcases, lighters, pens… …
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Poetic paper lights by PAPIER A ETRES
The first time I saw the Papiers à Etres paper lights, I was in awe ! The poesy and the graceful gesture of this paper “Mademoiselle” amazed me… Papiers à Etres is an artistic brand created by the French Sophie Mouton-Perrat & the Canadian Frédéric Guybrunet. Located in the west of France, the couple creates amazing sculptures and lightings in paper & paper-mache. They work on specific order for individuals and professionals (showcases designers, design editors…). But some of their creations are also available in specific retailers shops (such as The Opera de Paris boutique, the art-craft concept store “Talents”…) You will have a choice of sculptures, lightings…
