Leather clothing Midi-Pyrénées

Saddler, bootmaker, and leatherworker above all, Jean-Pierre Romiguier, has been revisiting the pastoral tradition of old shepherd's bags for more than 30 years with the greatest respect. This bag, large and solid, composed of pockets and compartments, was once used to carry food, ointments, tools and knives and to protect the shepherds' clothes. Jean-Pierre Romiguier has brought this age-old concept up to date. A range of leather backpacks, caps, belts, sandals, and woolen skin with slippers, is also for sale.

Founded in 1989, the company's aim is to offer affordable, timeless leather city gloves to as many people as possible. Made with traditional craftsmanship, the gloves are designed to be durable, solid, comfortable and repairable. In addition to equipping the characters in a number of famous films, Atelier du Gantier works with the costume designers at the famous Parisian amusement park. In addition to a visit to the boutique, take advantage of a glove-making demonstration at the workshop, and don't forget to have your pair made to measure!

Since 1852 in Millau, Mégisserie Richard has been renowned for its expertise in the manufacture of top-of-the-range dipped lambskins for the luxury goods industry, for leather goods, clothing, footwear and glove-making. Combining artisanal processes with modern industrial techniques, the company offers a range of 60 colors of lamb skins from Aveyron and Entrefinos in Spain. In 2013, the company was awarded the "Entreprise du patrimoine vivant" label, and in 2023, the Silver Medal of the Leather Working Group.

Welcome to a world of girls, where craftsmanship shines with a thousand sequins! Nestled in the heart of the Tarn, in Graulhet, La Cartablière is home to leather craftsmen with recognized know-how. Labelled as a Living Heritage Company, the workshop produces a complete line of bags and small leather goods. Leathers rigorously selected in France and Italy, components coming from Lille, Roanne and Lyon, and sequins that bring a lot of originality to these unexpected creations!

Near Gambetta Avenue, you enter the factory itself to finally access the collections shop. Here, the male models on one side, the woman on the other. The collections present the current cuts, the trend colours… As for the classics, they remain presented all year round: coats, three-quarters, soft or fur jackets, the whole is made of lainée skin, nubuck or fin. But it is in the summer that the choice is the widest, especially for colours. The price range of this house, founded in 1925, is wide enough to satisfy the greatest number.

On the Causses, one hundred and thirty years of glove history are written in Millau, the world cradle of the glove. This very special place is home to master glove-makers, seamstresses with meticulous hands and a unique know-how that no machine can replace. In the boutique, you can find top-of-the-range gloves made on site, as well as visit the workshops and a museum on the history of the company, featuring objects and gloves from old collections.

In a large workshop that has preserved its glass and waxed floors, three art professions display and enhance each other. Mary Beyer signs a colours jewelry that harmoniously blends the colours of the pearls of rock and strass, then used in haute couture, under his direction, Lavabre Cadet house regained his great references - she worked for Balmain, Chanel, Givenchy, Saint Laurent… - and released every year a collection of original gloves added to classical models.

In its two boutiques (over 500 m2), André Sales offers a wide range of leather goods, gloves, belts, briefcases, luggage, umbrellas, leather gift items, scarves, skins... Since 1984, the workshop has been making bags, small leather goods and belts, offering a wide choice of models: lambskin, stag, cowhide... Other address: Place du Mandarous.

At the gates of the Commanderie, Anne Gachelin works leather with a rare talent. In her workshop-boutique, you can find small and large wonders: a remarkable know-how for beautiful objects. You can also order a custom-made object, the bag of your dreams, for example. Besides leather, you can also find something to make a nice gift, as Anne also sells a whole range of local gourmet products, as well as jewellery, pottery and fabrics.

Bleu de chauffe evokes the canvas jacket once worn by steam locomotive drivers. It's also the signature of a young leather goods company. The brand's creations are inspired by the old trade bags once carried by letter carriers, plumbers and doctors. They are entirely manufactured in Aveyron. The skins are rigorously selected and naturally and vegetable tanned. Each bag is signed and dated by the maker, "like a unique piece".

At the foot of the Black Mountain in the Tarn, the Alran company has been perpetuating traditional know-how since 1903. Specialized in goat, calf and buffalo leathers, its products are intended for leather goods, furniture, bookbinding and sheathing, footwear and orthopedics. Today, the company is proud to work hand in hand with major luxury houses, renowned industrialists, but also art craftsmen and young designers.

In 1900, local tanner Joseph Carrière founded the company in Millau with the idea of producing white vegetable calfskin. Today, the tannery is the undisputed specialist in soft leathers and the only manufacturer of bovine flanks in France, expanding its expertise to include goat and lamb skins. Twenty-five industrial stages with artisanal know-how in five workshops are required to create quality leather. The company also equips industry, the police, the army and firefighters with hard-wearing garments and gloves.

Since 1880 in Aveyron, generations of craftsmen have succeeded one another in the manufacture of vegetable, chrome or mixed tanned bovine leathers for craftsmen in the saddlery and harness industry, leather goods, footwear, decoration and leather interiors. Labelled as a Living Heritage Company, the know-how of the Arnal tannery is enhanced by a continuous research of new processes and supported by the development of many creative and craft activities. Visits to the workshop are exceptional.

A few steps from Rose-Marie Marcel, this is another store dedicated to the leather industry, the pride of the city. In a clear, square and design environment, you can buy bags, wallets, lockers, and many leather goods manufactured in Graulhet.

The Laquière factory is the region's last artisan tannery manufacturer. Its history is a perfect illustration of Mazamet's evolution. Founded in 1856 on the factory road leading up to the Pic de Nore, the town once boasted 300 specialized businesses. The leather industry has suffered a severe decline over the last century. But La Laquière survives thanks to quality work and ancestral know-how. Clothes are made in the workshop adjoining the boutique, where a dozen seamstresses are hard at work.