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Maison Fabre glove maker

Millau (Aveyron)

The limestone soils surrounding Millau are shallow, rocky and dry, and with the grass skinny and scarce, solely hardy sheep can discover the meals they want. It's the lambs that present the leather-based for Millau's well-known glove-making trade. Indeed, by the Nineteen Sixties, there have been 75 glove factories right here, using hundreds of craftsmen and ladies and producing a whole bunch of hundreds of gloves. Nowadays, with competitors from overseas, that quantity has dewindled. But there are nonetheless a number of producers you possibly can go to, together with Causse Gantier, Atelier du Gantier and La Maison Fabre.

The latter, arrange by Étienne Fabre, has been manufacturing high-quality gloves since 1924 and this yr marks its centenary. The firm gives fascinating guided excursions round its manufacturing facility. Even at present, trend designers and producers nonetheless supply their gloves from Millau to grace the fingers of the wealthy and well-known. Among the celebrities to supply their gloves listed here are Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Sharon Stone, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and France's First Lady Brigitte Macron.