Dinan: we call him Fred Couture or Fairy Fingers<

By Pierre-Yves Gaudart Published on Le Petit Bleu See my news

He may have a family name but is as discreet as the entrance to his workshop. The designer of the rue de la Mittrie, in Dinan, laughs:

You have to have a sharp eye to notice the entrance door which leads to the workshop on the 1st floor. A simple panel, l'Etoffe, shows you its lair where every square centimeter is occupied by spools of thread, fabrics of all ages.

Fred Couture settled there 24 years ago.

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Dresser at the theater

Fred Couture came from Saint-Brieuc where he was a dresser at the Passerelle performance hall. Dresser?

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The intermittent worker in the show thus remained linked to the trade he had learned. That of a tailor for men.

Dressmaker's son

He had something to hold on to since his mother was a seamstress.

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The end of made-to-measure

Why Dinan?

But over the years, the use of professionals withers.

Demand for 'gentlemen's suits' has also dwindled. Not necessarily for a question of price, because My taylor is not rich!

The habits and costumes have changed!

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Of course, specifies Fred Couture, “you can still find Dormeuil, in the North”, a reference. But indeed, the raw material of the suit is four times more expensive, explains the one who recognizes the 'tailor-made', at first glance:

Redesigned wedding dresses

The Dinannais therefore essentially carries out classic sewing work after having dressed a few elegant gentlemen.

But he still happens to design wedding dresses, in particular by dismantling those that belonged to the mothers or aunts of certain clients. Or a frock coat “with its hammer pleat”, a Scottish suit, a dress made from linen.

Hand sewn!

L'étoffe, rue de la Mittrie (near the optician), 02 96 85 14 85.

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