PORTRAIT – At the helm of Maison Fabre in Millau, this master glove-maker who dresses the hands of Beyoncé and Brigitte Macron is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the family business this year.
In telephone directories, he is often referred to as “Olivier Gants”. He doesn’t seem to mind. He has also become accustomed to being systematically repeated at Parisian parties when he announces his profession as “Olivier Gants”. gantier “. Banker, annuitant, even dentures… But “gantier” is a word that never strikes anyone’s fancy. Fortunately, Olivier is a loquacious man, and has the loquaciousness of an entrepreneur who’s sure of his product.
When he’s in Millau, about ten days a month, it’s like a tornado sweeping through the company. “ Sometimes I get tired just looking at it. It makes me dizzy “says Stephanee, the American workshop manager. He warmly greets a group of visitors from Issoire, runs to fetch us a reproduction of the gloves from Beauty and the Beastfilm by