For more than 160 years, Julien Faure has preserved a rare savoir-faire in the Saint-Étienne region: the art of ribbon-making, which today serves the world’s greatest luxury houses and premium brands. Combining centuries-old professions, technical innovation, and family tradition, the company demonstrates that behind every ribbon lies a concentration of French industrial excellence and a multitude of applications.

Located in the heart of the Landes region, Cassy Concept Design has been supporting lingerie, beachwear, and ready-to-wear brands for nearly twenty years through a crucial stage of the design process: the technical development of their products. Founded by Cassy Marit and taken over in 2023 by Fanny Ramière, this specialized product development unit offers its expertise in technical fashion design, patternmaking, and prototyping to both established brands and emerging designers.

Nathalie Dufour, founder of ANDAM (National Association for the Development of Fashion Arts), explains the benefits of the prestigious awards—which include financial support and mentoring—that she launched for designers. Backed by the entire French fashion ecosystem, these awards foster lasting ties with the French garment making industry.

Garment making knits in France is not based on a single design. Between volumes, technicality and product development, the industrial realities are multiple. The group led by Karine Renouil-Tiberghien and Arnaud de Belabre is built on this complementarity.

80 years of existence, over 120,000 suspenders manufactured each year and a unique positioning in France: Boyer TTE has chosen to devote the majority of its production to suspenders, which account for 60% of its business, alongside belts. Behind these wardrobe accessories lie real technical skills and specific industrial savoir-faire, now being redefined.

The state label is awarded to companies with exceptional know-how in crafts or industry. The Réseau Excellence EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) strives to optimize and promote these assets.