About Bleu de Chauffe

"Bleu de Chauffe" is the original name of the blue jacket worn by French engine drivers when boiling the water to increase pressure of the steam engine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In a broader sense, this is the jacket worn by factory workers and locomotive drivers. The popular french expression : "mettre son bleu de chauffe" - to put on your work jacket/to get stuck into work. 

Workshop : The Bleu de Chauffe workshop is located in Aveyron, just near by Millau and its famous viaduct (France). The cutting, fabrication and stitching are hand-made by qualified artisans renowned for their skill, experience and expertise. Each piece has a traceability label detailing the name of the artisan who made it and the date of fabrication. Bleu de Chauffe products are the best example of what their workshops have to offer.

Organic leather : Bleu de Chauffe leathers are natural and vegetable-tanned. Vegetable tanning is the process of treating the leather using natural agents such as mimosa, chestnut or acacia. The Bleu de Chauffe tannery, based in Aveyron South of France, takes huge pride and consideration of their water treatment. After use, the water is left to settle, then purified before being released into the river, so it is just as pure as it was before.

Workwear spirit : Inspired by the industrial universe of the 20th century, Bleu de Chauffe is reinterpreting the work-bags codes in a contemporary and urban way. Sharply designed to fit into today's environment, Bleu de Chauffe goods are simple, practical and very stylish.

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