In a sign of the French luxury sector’s booming fortunes, Chanel will on Thursday inaugurate a huge complex of ateliers where artisans from around a dozen accessory suppliers create shoes, embroidery and other handmade crafts. READ:
Pent-up demand from international buyers eager after months of lockdown to splash out on fine clothes and accessories from the birthplace of haute couture — or at least stamped with the logo of one of France’s famous fashion houses — has turned the sector into one of the country’s leading exporters.
The craft houses represented, each with its own specialization, include lingerie label Eres, interior decoration Lesage Interieurs, and jewelry maker Goossens. “Your crafts are artistic crafts … Your crafts are important for the economy,” he said, adding that the sector accounted for 600,000 direct jobs in France.
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