I don’t usually feature men’s clothes, but this was an exception. De Bonne Facture is a new online source for well-made and hand-picked men’s apparel. Craftsmanship is key- they pick out the very best of the best in France- from sailor wools, brushed cottons or heathered tweeds, to the very finest of details such as piped pockets or pure horn buttons.
De Bonne Facture said: “We spent a year travelling around France to meet them; we would like them to be better known. Therefore each of our pieces shows the name and location of the atelier which made it. A gauge of quality”.
De Bonne Facture’s Winter Wardrobe presents their work with five ateliers, each one specialising in a type of garment. For example, their Brittany knits are made by Fileuse D’Arvor from Quimper, Finistere in France who have been established since 1927, their shirts are made by Atelier FLS, a Loiret-based firm since 1958, and their trousers by Hervier Productions, active since 1988 in Indre, France. Buttons play an important part too, with pure horn buttons from Patornay in Jura, France, a company producing them since 1828.
I only wish they did womenswear!
