The Paris Commercial Court has bankrupted the French Legacy Group holding company, owner of the famous shoe brand “Made in France” Clergerie, as well as Violet Tomas and Avril Gau, the representative of the Mirabaud fund told AFP on Wednesday. Heritage Living. .
From Madonna to bankruptcy
From Lauren Bacall to Bianca Jagger to Madonna, the biggest stars wore Clergerie on their feet when the brand was at the height of its glory.
But in 2020, “when (the group) Mirabaud took over this brand, it was already in great difficulty,” Dominique Bernard, representative of this fund, which controls the French Legacy Group, told AFP.
French Legacy Group owns Clerma, the entity that includes the boutiques in Paris, Lyon and Lille. Some 160 people in total work for Clergerie, including about 40 in the stores and about 90 in the factory located in Romans-sur-Isère, in the Drôme.
The factory walls were recently sold, Dominique Bernard said, confirming information from the newspaper. The world.
French Legacy Group was placed in receivership on March 29.
Clergerie still made its leather shoes in France.
Launched in 1981 in Romans-sur-Isère, the cradle of French footwear, by Robert Clergerie, the famous shoe brand was bought in 2020 by the French Legacy Group, a holding company that owns Clergerie but also shoemakers Avril Gau, Violet Tomas and l Heschung Alsatian.
But Heschung is not currently in the crosshairs of the receivership proceedings, Dominique Bernard said, without elaborating.
Clergerie is one of the last brands to make its leather shoes in France at its Drôme factory, like Paraboot, JM Weston and Heschung.
His legal appeal joins a growing list of French brands that have closed their doors or are struggling in recent months.
Source: BFM TV
