Création Catalane
Création Catalane
4.5
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
About
Our business, ‘Création Catalane’, was created in February 2008; born out of family history at the heart of espadrille production and from a dream: to revive this skilled craft and for it to endure. It was here, in St Laurent de Cerdans, in the 19th century, that the wonderful story of the espadrille was born. A tale of a traditional craft which developed into a flourishing industry and which gave families in the entire valley a livelihood for a hundred years. From the 1960s production went into decline, caused mainly by cheaper, foreign imports, with factories closing one after the other. From 15 factories in the 1930s, today we are the only one.. Nowadays we make Catalan espadrilles called ‘vigatanes’ in Catalan and pronounced «bigatanes». We set up our workshop, offices and shop in a former espadrille factory which we have restored. It is the harmony of colours found in the fabrics we use, most of which come from the nearby ‘Toiles du Soleil’ factory.
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Rosan58
Hampshire, UK105 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
Worthwhile stop if in the area. A small factory producing hand made espadrilles in a tradional way. There is a free short factory tour in French but that is not a problem as you are visually shown the process. Take your purse as you will want to buy.
Written August 23, 2018
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Thank You very Much !
Written August 27, 2018
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MiserableMyrtle
United Kingdom70 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
The staff are lovely and really helpful and what an amazing selection of espadrilles! Could have spent a fortune here. Best thing in St Laurent de Cedans.
Written July 17, 2018
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Thank You Very Much !!!
Written July 18, 2018
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Pour une visite de l'usine avec un club, quel tarif,?- merci, cordialement
Written November 29, 2020
Quels sont les horaires d ouverture de la boutique ?
Written April 26, 2018
Bonjour, la boutique est ouverte du lundi au samedi de 10h a 12 et de 14h à 17h30 jsuqu'a fin avril puis jusqu'à 19h à compter du 1er mai y compris les jours fériés. merci
Written April 26, 2018
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