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Leather bags by MOYNAT PARIS
Pauline Moynat was one of the kind ! She was the only female trunk maker of her time… She had left her provincial life at the age of sixteen, emigrated to Paris in search for a job, worked in a small leather-working atelier … And founded the eponymous house in 1849 (along with Octavie & Francois Coulembier). Perfect timing, this was during the height of rail travel and the creation of France’s railway network…! Maison Moynat became pioneer in luxury (automobile) luggage and was celebrated for its trunk-making savoir-faire. The brand registered numerous patents and won prestigious awards for their inventions : 1854 – First to use a sturdy…
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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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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… …
