HÉRITAGE of ADVENTURE and ORGANIC

We  adapt  the  shapes  inherited  from  DAD'S  ADVENTURER  GRANDPA,  son  of  a  pioneering  turn-of-the-century  ORGANIC  FARMER.

Eugène Le Moult : a four-page graphic short story on his adventures in Tintin Magazine of 24 May 1956.Eugène Le Moult : a four-page graphic short story on his adventures in TINTIN of 24 May 1956.

By  working  to  heritage  materials,  we  source  from  the  original  COTTON  fields  and  produce  long-lasting  clothes  that  are  99.9%  BIODEGRADABLE¹.

By  working  to  heritage  techniques,  we  support  DESCENDANTS  of  the  original  artisans,  as  weavers,  printers,  embroiderers  and  stitchers.

By  working  to  heritage  sources,  our  cotton  fields,  weaving  and  stitching  are  in  the  same  original  region,  requiring  a  MINIMUM  of  transportation.  Our  atelier  only  produces  small  quantities,  with  no  dead  stock.

¹ 100%  cotton  and  mother-of-pearl  buttons,  we're  just  pragmatically  using  robust  nylon  thread  for  seams...

 

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EUGÈNE  LE MOULT,  BUTTERFLY-HUNTER, 1882-1965

As  a  wealthy  ADVENTURER,  EUGÈNE  LE  MOULT  had  his  clothes  tailored  in  the  1920s-1940s  for  the  28  days  on  SAIL-  or  STEAM-BOATS  from  France  to  equatorial  French  Guiana  and  then  nights  in  the  JUNGLE.

Eugène Le Moult (31 December 1882, Quimper – 26 January 1967, Paris) was a French adventurer : four-page graphic short story on his adventures in Tintin of 24 May 1956.Due  to  its  remoteness  and  man-eating  wildlife,  Guiana  was  the  world's  most  famous  maximum-security  prison  and  Eugène  was  sharing  tents  with  France's  most  dangerous  men.

Eugène Le Moult in Paris Match no.314 2nd April 19556 pages on Eugène Le Moult in PARIS MATCH no.314 2nd April 1955

 
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LÉOPOLD  LE MOULT,  PIONEERING  FRENCH  ORGANIC  FARMER,  1856-1926

The  work  of  grandpa's  granddad  is  still  being  studied  by  scientists, 130 years later!  Article  from 1st  January  2021, French  Academy  of  Agriculture

field tests of « La Lemoultine » an organic pesticide

Léopold  Le Moult's  research  was  on  the  protection  of  organic  crops  from  pests  without  the  use  of  chemicals;  for  this  he  used  the  pests'  natural  enemies.  

Organic  farming  not  favoured  in  France  till  60  years  later,  Léopold  had  to  fund  his  investigations  on  his  own,  and  he  took  a  well-paid  1898-1908  government  posting  to  build  the  infrastructure  of  French  Guiana,  still  in  use  by  the  EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY  🚀 

 CONFERENCE on Organic Pest ControlOBITUARY Léopold LE MOULT