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SHAWL BURGUNDY-Pink-petrol โ‚‰โ‚‚โ‚‚โ‚„

SHAWL BURGUNDY-Pink-petrol โ‚‰โ‚‚โ‚‚โ‚„

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Shawl, hemmed at the edges. The light weave allowed it to be folded around the neck, tied across the head, or carried in a pocket. Today it works as a multipurpose accessory in hot cities or summer travel. In French Guiana, where Eugรจne Le Moult spent his youth, such shawls were valued for their adaptability in the equatorial climate, keeping sun off the head, absorbing sweat, or serving as a quick cover during sudden rainfall.


French Guianaโ€™s equatorial position brings heat above 30 ยฐC, humidity near saturation, and heavy rainfall most months of the year. A cloth as small as a bandana could be critical in such conditions, doubling as head covering, sweat cloth, or rain shield. Everyday adaptations like this made tropical wear fundamentally different from what Parisian ateliers were producing a century ago.

DETAILS

Our article number:9224

MATERIAL

SILK
โ€ข woven as in the ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ VELVET weave (one of the oldest weave structures, known since antiquity. Combines flexibility, strength, and resistance to wear), to P.Leโ€‰Moult designs in nearby villages by English-speaking unionized craftspeople, descendants of the ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ weavers (in a state that has been alternating between soft-Left and hard-Left coalitions since 1957...)

STYLE

Charting inner climates and outer worlds on an autumn crossing, journals filled with observations, in the season of wool and study, 1926.

HERITAGE

Lร‰OPOLD LE MOULT, PIONEER OF FRENCH ORGANIC 1856-1926 : we inherited grandad's grandad's ideals
EUGรˆNE LE MOULT, BUTTERFLY-HUNTER 1882-1965 : we inherited dad's grandad's wardrobe contents

CREATOR

PROJET LE MOULT: Timeless cuts from 1900-1950, originally designed for the adventurer Eugรจne Le Moult, reimagined with contemporary edge by his great-granddaughter, unisex elegance for all.

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