Brigitte Macron is often infatuated with promising young brands. The latest is called Carmen & Simone and creates eco-responsible handbags.
Among the favorite brands of Brigitte Macron, you have to count on Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Joseph Duclos, No Name or Balmain. Of the french claws who imagine elegant and original pieces. A young label has just joined this prestigious circle: Carmen & Simone. Launched by Chloé Durand, it offers it bags with minimalist and geometric designs. The square format is called simone, comes in black, white and camel and is worth 290 euros. The second model, a baguette bag called Carmen, is available in five colors at a price of 250 euros. It is this one that caught the eye of Brigitte Macron. In a photograph posted on the brand’s Instagram account on Sunday, September 3, 2023, the first lady poses, the version caramel on the shoulder. An accessory that brightens up her look consisting of a green sweater and Levi’s jeans.
Carmen & Simone, a vegetal brand
The particularity of this it bag? It is made in Portugal from apple waste. Carmen & Simone, named after the founder’s grandmothers, builds on this vegetable raw material to produce the pieces of its collections. The peels, pulp and heart of the fruit are reduced to powder, mixed with pigments and polyurethane (plastic, therefore) and coated with a woven undercoat before being transformed into Carmen or in simone. More and more brands are turning to these alternative materials to make their lines of leather goods and clothing. Ganni thus marketed a orange peel handbagat the house of Cairo Studiowe use cactuswhile Stella McCartney became infatuated with mushroom, thanks to which she creates silhouettes in a total leather look. Alternatives to skins of animal origin, which are becoming more widespread every season.