A plaque adorns a wall of his tiny office: “Don’t bother those who want to create.” It was in this room filled with fabric samples in his apartment on Rue de la Charité, where he has lived for forty years, that Jean-Pierre Guinet, 73, designed the fabric for the judogis (kimonos) of the French judo team for Paris 2024.
“Create a 100% French product”
At his desk, this thread weaver with a solid reputation created the fabric weaves by hand, “the old-fashioned way,” he says.
“I had all…
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