PRACTICAL, ELEGANT and DURABLE HÉRITAGE of ADVENTURE
Our garments were born from climate. A hundred years ago, Paris nights above 20 °C were rare. On DEVIL’S ISLAND, where Eugène Le Moult lived, they were constant. His father, a pioneer of ORGANIC FARMING, sourced cotton in British South India, since France produced no tropical fabrics. From it, these garments were made.
Today we bring them back. The COTTON still comes from the same ancestral fields, woven by descendants of the original artisans and sewn by partners we have trusted since 1974.
Eugène Le Moult : a four-page graphic short story on his adventures in TINTIN of 24 May 1956.
PIONEER of ORGANIC 🌱
LÉOPOLD LE MOULT 1856–1926
Léopold Le Moult, graduate of the French Royal School of Bridges and Roads, was one of only the 19th Century’s two researchers in France on ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. With the 1880s' rise in chemical insecticides, the acceptance of his methods declined. To finance further research, he signed a decade-long contract to develop roads in the jungles of DEVIL’S ISLAND, still in use by the EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY 🚀
Article from 1st January 2021, French Academy of Agriculture
DEVIL’s ISLAND
French Guiana, the South-American prefecture of France, was called Devil’s Island because of its DIVERSE and DANGEROUS WILDLIFE: snakes like the Bushmaster and Fer-de-lance, Goliath Birdeater Tarantulas, Amazonian Black Scorpions, stealthy jaguars, Black Caiman in rivers, and coastal Bull Sharks and Tiger Sharks.
ADVENTURER’s CLOTHING 🦋
EUGÈNE LE MOULT 1882–1965
Raised on Devil’s Island, Eugène Le Moult became a WEALTHY ADVENTURER as the world’s most prominent butterfly-hunter and the region's sole butterfly exporter. His PRACTICAL, DURABLE attire was tailored for HOT, HUMID expeditions and 28-day ICY, WINDY Atlantic crossings, ensuring functionality while adhering to 1920s FORMAL travel etiquette.