Olympic Games: from 1924 to 2024, the Coq sportif always sings

2023-06-29 16:39:08

Stéphane Ashpool, artistic director of the French team’s outfits for Le Coq Sportif, remembers his first visit to the Romilly factory, in Aube, in January 2022. “I was in the middle of fashion week , with parties every evening. And I find myself one morning at 8 o’clock, Gare de l’Est, the train is late, it’s gray, it was the big gap, he says… And quickly, once I arrived, I saw the people in the making, the knitting, the dyeing…” The “connection” was immediate. “I’ve always liked people who work with their hands, they’re the ones who bring what you have in mind to fruition,” continues the designer. And then, I liked the place, the welcome and above all the enormous potential. »