STORY – In the space of ten years, French linen has made its mark in both haute couture and ready-to-wear. The efforts of every link in the chain, from seed growers to manufacturers, farmers and spinning mills, explain this dynamic.
The recent history of linen is sure to inspire all those who dream of reindustrialize France. Increased incomes for farmers, greater capacity for the scutching factories that sort the fibres, the return to France of the spinning mills that transform them, the enthusiasm of luxury brands such as the ready-to-wear In the space of just a dozen years, the industry has built up unprecedented momentum. The 2024 harvest, which promises to be a record 160,000 hectares (ha), should consolidate this momentum. In the Eure region, after two difficult years, Pascal Prévost is hoping to obtain at least fifty tons of long fiber from the forty or so hectares sown.
“ Over the course of my career, I’ve seen returns twice as low as twice as high. “emphasizes the grower. Flax, he reminds us, is both a risky and technical crop. Its rapid growth, barely a hundred days, requires alternating…
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