Colloquium "Industrie de la Mode et Métiers d'Art"

On 15 October the Senate hosted the colloquium “Industrie de la mode et métiers d’art: Savoir-faire, formation, innovation, et compétitivité – Un pilier de l’économie française” (“The fashion industry and artistic professions: Savoir-faire, training, innovation, and competitiveness – A pillar of the French economy”).

The event, organised under the authority of the Comité stratégique de filière des industries de la mode et du luxe, was initiated and supported by Catherine Dumas, a Senator representing Paris and President of the Working Group on Artistic Professions. The colloquium benefited from the patronage of Sophie Primas, a Senator representing Yvelines and President of the Commission des Affaires Economiques, and of Catherine Morin-Desailly, a Senator representing the Seine-Maritime and President of the Commission de la Culture, de l’Education, et de la Communication.

The event’s program created a unique opportunity to promote the fashion industry and artistic professions with an audience of parliament members and to increase their awareness of the different problems and challenges the sector faces.

Program

Developing and passing on expertise within regions

#1. A review of savoir-faire: The artistic and industrial professions’ regional roots

 Lyne Cohen-Solal, President – Institut National des Métiers d’Art (INMA)

Arnaud Haefelin, President – Fédération Française de la Maroquinerie (FFM) and CEO – Gainerie 91

Stéphanie Bertrand, Project Manager – EDEC Numérique Textiles Mode Cuirs (development and employment program) for OPCALIA (professional membership organisation)

Franck Ferrua, Marketing and Communication Director – Satab France

Sylvie Chailloux, President – Mode Grand Ouest, Vice President – Union Française des Industries Mode et Habillement (UFIMH), President – Textile du Maine (a certified Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant).

#2. Legacy and training

Pascal Morand, Executive President – Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM)

Michel Baldocchi, General Manager – Haute Ecole de Joaillerie Paris

Marc Pradal, National President – Union Française des Industries Mode et Habillement (UFIMH) and President – Kiplay

Promoting French business competitiveness

#1. Financing

Patrice Besnard, Administrator – Francéclat, Delegate Director – France Industries Créatives

Lucien Deveaux, President – DEFI (Committee for the Development and Promotion of French Clothing) and President – Groupe Deveaux

Frank Boehly, President – Conseil National du Cuir and Vice-President – Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC)

Yves Dubief, President – Union des Industries Textiles (UIT)

Gilles Elalouf, CEO – Y/Project

#2. Sector challenges: internationalisation, innovation, intellectual property

Pierre-François Le Louët, President – Fédération Française du Prêt à Porter Féminin and President – Agence NellyRodi

Marie Milan, Co-founder – Le Mont Saint Michel

Tony Maquaire, CEO – Oteline

Adrien Deslous-Paoli, President – De Rigueur

Yves-Alain Sauvage, Head of Global Anti Counterfeit – Chanel