Major reportage, guests and European news are featured in the magazine “We Europeans” Twitter), presented by Eléonore Gay and broadcast on Sundays at 10:40 a.m. on France 3, as well as late Thursday evenings on France 2. For this new issue of season 3, head to Portugal where the textile industry, long devastated, has been experiencing a major revival in recent years. A notable revival also elsewhere in Europe.
Under pressure from consumers, manufacturers are once again believing in “Made in Europe” clothing. And the sector is also picking up again in France: start-ups with young engineers and even industry heavyweights are developing local, sustainable fashion that is more virtuous for the environment than “Fast Fashion”, a source of pollution and waste. .
The Portuguese Miracle
> THE GREAT REPORT
50 kilometers north of Porto, CITEVE is the heart of the Portuguese textile revolution. In its laboratories, 150 researchers test new materials and new fabrics. They are also inventing the clothes of tomorrow, such as a stormproof suit, an evening dress whose embroidery threads are heated or anti-covid shoes with molecules integrated into the sole repelling the virus…
A report by Alexandre Paré and Philippe Maire.
> THE GUESTS
– Sacha Boyadjian and Victor Legrain : co-founders of the company Les Trois Tricoteurs located in Roubaix.
– Majdouline Sbai : sociologist, vice-president of the fashion and textile business association Fashion Green Hub.
– Olivier Guillaume : Chairman of Safilin.
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