On a recent visit to Paris, Marie Hennechart, our well-dressed photographer friend, tipped us off about her current favorite wardrobe haunt.
Wardrobe Staples
Detailed with a standup collar and pleats, the German Carpenter Shirt, €59, is designed to be loose fitting and unisex. It’s made by FHB, which has specialized in German “corporate clothing” since 1947.
The Ecru Moleskin Suit Vest, €109, is traditionally paired with wide-legged pants and a work coat.
Moleskin as explained on the Blouse de Lyon website is a material that takes on a magnificent patina over the years and can be worn on the construction...
...site as well as in the city The available two colors correspond to France s historic trade guilds ecru for stonemasons and sculptors black for carpenters and roofers
Le Bleu de Travail jacket, €99, is one of the shop’s many classic work coats. Like the vest above, it’s made by The Plowman of Burgundy.
The Plowman’s Broadot Pants in linen-cotton are €109.
La Blouse de Lyon s accompanying description The balloon or half balloon shape narrowed at the ankles was intended to be ample and easy to facilitate movement on roofs or in carpentry work...
...There s a strap for a hammer a piped pocket for a folding ruler gauge and pencil and a watch pocket also good for holding chalk or garlic as a natural insect repellent
For those who get around by horseback, Moleskin Culottes, €140, are a traditional Provençal alternative to jodhpurs.
La Blouse de Lyon describes its made by Talla of Finland Mitsumaru Closed Clogs, €105, as “a traditional Finnish clog with a Japanese-inspired line.” Its birch heel was designed by the company’s orthopedist founder to “reduce lower back pain and relieve the feet.”
La Blouse de Lyon’s Waxed Cotton Bib Apron, €75, is made by Remodelista favorite Labour and Wait of London.
Household Staples and Tools
This XL French-made Linen-Cotton Glass Towel is for drying glassware without leaving a residue of fluff; €9.80.
The London Folding Knife, €69, is a longstanding “knife of the seas,” inspired by British mariner’s knives and traditionally carried by Breton sailors.
La Blouse de Lyon’s own in-house line includes this made-in-Paris Large Rolled Leather Tool Pouch, €59.
A German Black Leather Carpenter’s Tool Holder is €49.
3B Graphite Craft Pencils are €4 each.
They’re made in Puy de Dôme, in central France, by Patrick Tourré, who says,“’They are so beautiful that I don’t dare use them,’ I am often told, and yet I make them so that people can use them.”