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Maison Lavabre Cadet was once Yves Saint Laurent's favorite glove brand, and was recently acquired by French luxury goods house Camille Fournet. Established in 1946, the Millau workshop still makes bespoke gloves for haute couture houses. Lavabre Cadet's exacting standards and expertise are perfectly in tune with the contemporary values of French luxury that Camille Fournet sought. Lavabre Cadet gloves can be found in numerous luxury boutiques in Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Beijing.

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 1924, Maison Fabre has been perpetuating the traditional glove-making know-how in the heart of Millau. Classic, graphic or playful, Maison Fabre gloves are exceptional pieces of incomparable elegance. You can visit the factory where the manufacturing workshops are located and discover all the secrets of the glove factory: the history of the company, its major collaborations with fashion and cinema, and you can observe the cutting and sewing work right up to the finishing touches. A visit not to be missed, after the Viaduct.

Etienne Fabre created the luxury glove workshop in 1924. In the 1950s, his son moved into the current premises and his daughter-in-law left for Paris to present her collections. The company was an immediate success, with up to 300 employees. Two generations later, the Fabre family is still there, with several hundred customers around the world: leather goods manufacturers, department stores, luxury boutiques... The vast sales area presents its articles: gloves but also belts, card holders and, more recently, lambskin masks.

Alternative shopping in the heart of Les Vans village! La Vitrine flow is home to both Florie Keller's hand-crafted screen-printing and illustration workshop and a boutique dedicated to arts and crafts and prints, run by the La Bikok association. Silk-screen printing, ceramics, lighting, recycled art and more. You'll discover a creative diversity that stands in stark contrast to the soulless manufactured objects of the supermarkets! A treasure trove of small and large "kifs" that can change your everyday life. Eating from a turned wooden plate, for example.