Just in time for your Christmas gift list a suggestion: why not offer a "Made in France" gift, or even more: a posh, high quality gift made by a French enterprise with a long manufacturing tradition, an enterprise bearing the label "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" or "Living Heritage Company".
The "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" (EVP) is a French government brand label that recognizes the craft skills and the manufacturing excellence of a French company.
The label is attributed by the French Ministry of Economy to companies that have an economic heritage consisting in a know-how based on traditional production techniques specific to a certain geographical territory.
Below is a list of some "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" label bearing
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The company produces purses, bags, wallets, leather bracelets, belts as well as pen boxes, pen pots, letter trays and other office accessories. The company is located in SAUVETERRE DE ROUERGUE, in the department of Aveyron.
http://www.max-capdebarthes.fr/en/
Rannou - Métivier - Makers of chocolate, biscuits and other sweets
The company, create in 1920, is the heir of "La boutique des surs Chartier" itself established in 1872.
The recipes of Chartier sisters was bequeathed to their employee Marie Bugeaud who married Auguste Métivier together with whom she launched the brand that will become "Rannou-Métivier". The company now specializes in the manufacture of macaroons, chocolates and candied chestnuts. The company is located in the town of Montmorillon in the department of Vienne http://www.rannou-metivier.com/macarons/index.php L'Arsoie - Cervin
The company specializes in the production of high-end 100% silk or lycra stockings and tights. The company was founded by Auguste Massal in 1920 in the town of Sumne, in the Cevennes, a region known for its silk mills. Nowadays the company makes also women sweaters, blouses and scarves from silk and cashmere (or other wools).
Charlotte Russe was founded in 1975 under the Lawrence Merchandising Corporation. The first Charlotte Russe was first opened in Carlsbad, California, while being named after a desert that the Lawrence brothers remembered from their childhood.
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The concept behind the new buildings for the factory was to explore options of design that focused not only on the program of the factory, but to also consider the emotional and physical needs of the labor force. While J.A. Brinkman is considered one of the designers for the Van Nelle Factory, architect L. C. van der Vlugt and Chairman Kees van der Leeuw were a stronger inf...
Lille Tissages, S.A. was one of the largest companies in the textile industry located in Lille, France.
By nature, back then France was fitted to be a great agricultural country, a great producer and exporter of corn and wine; but French legislators for several generations had wanted to counteract the apparently natural bias of French economic life towards agriculture, and had tried to make France an exporter of manufactured goods.
Compared to other countries, France’s economy is the fourth largest in the world. France is a very industrialized nation, yet it has kept some of the cultural characteristics that contribute to its old-world charm. The economy is “exceptionally diversified” (“Economic Structure”, 1). It produces everything from aircrafts to pharmaceuticals.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been mesmerized by all things French; their language, cuisine, and their distinctly chic simplicity speak to me in ways very few other things can. My dreams of experiencing these exoticisms first-hand have always seemed distant and unreachable due to my relentlessly tight budget, until now. With the help of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, I hope to overcome my financial encumbrances and spend a semester abroad amongst the people who have inspired me all my life.
Mr.Lauren had more dreams to fulfill. He chose the name Polo for his line of ties because the sport repsented to him a lifestyle of athletic grace and discreet elegance, an image of men who wore well-tailored, classic clothes and wore them with style. With that image in mind, Mr Lauren established Polo as a separate menswear company in 1968, producing a complete line of men's clothes. Using only the finest fabrications, Mr. Lares's menswear was distinctive, innovative, but always classic and refined. His suits blended the American Ivy League natural shoulder silhouette with the fitted shape and expensive fabrics of the best European custom tailored clothing. His shirts were all cotton, richly patterned and expertly made. This same care was, and still is, applied to every element of...
In the primary activities, several measures are taken to control cost and create value. LV reduces cost by learning modern manufacturing method from auto makers and other industries. Although the Louis Vuitton’s production is still a labor-intensive process, increasing efficiency and productivity were achieved by reaching perfect balance between machines and labors. To adding the value of products, LV pays much attention on the improvement of quality. Since “made in France” is a guarantee of high quality, Louis Vuitton never builds factories out of France or outsources the production to a location with cheap labors. Although the labor price in France is extraordinarily high, the benefits such as customer loyalty and commercial reputation obtained by the company obviously outweigh the pay. Apart from that, test laboratories are established for quality checking. In the laboratories, bags are lifted and dropped again and again and jewelries are shaken strongly to make sure every customer get merchandizes of high quality. Since quality is a significant factor to measure a product in Japan, these strict quality control process satisfies Japanese customers. Customer service is another important factor in primary activities. According to the LV regulations, once a product i...
Since 1935 the Fédération’s headquarters have been located at 100 rue de Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris’s 8 arrondissement; in the heart of the city where it all began. Combined, the three trade organizations have over 100 corporate members. A unique quality of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and the Chambre syndicale Du Prêt-à-porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode, is that it accepts international members as well. This is said to reflect the quickly expanding globalization of the industry.
In the early 1800s, France was the sole fashion capital of the world; everyone who was anyone looked towards Paris for inspiration (DeJean, 35). French fashion authority was not disputed until the late twentieth century when Italy emerged as a major fashion hub (DeJean, 80). During the nineteenth century, mass produced clothing was beginning to be marketed and the appearance of department stores was on the rise (Stearns, 211). High fashion looks were being adapted and sold into “midlevel stores” so that the greater public could have what was once only available to the social elite (DeJean, 38). People were obsessed with expensive fashions; wealthy parents were advised not the let their children run around in expensive clothing. People would wait for children dressed in expensive clothing to walk by and then they would kidnap them and steal their clothes to sell for money (DeJean, 39). Accessories were another obsession of France‘s fashion; they felt no outfit was complete without something like jewelry or a shrug to finish off the look and make it all around polished (DeJean, 61). As designers put lines together, marketing began to become important to fashion in the nineteenth century; fashion plates came into use as a way to show off fashion l...
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Style of Cuisine-They are famous for pastries such as macrons, éclair’s, and crepes. Most of their dishes consist mainly of vegetables and they are particularly famous for their wine and cheeses. They are also particularly famous for dishes such as French onion soup and escargot.
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