A talk on traditional clothing will open the Embroiderers’ Festival on Thursday, July 4

On Thursday July 4 at 7 p.m., Pascal Jaouen and Tristan Gloaguen will launch the 70th edition of the Brodeuses festival in Pont-l’Abbé with their “talk”. This will focus on traditional Breton costume, over time and especially through the history of the two friends. They explain: “We are going to talk about traditional costume, not necessarily Bigouden, but more broadly Breton. We have one thing in common, our grandparents are Glaziks so we have watched our families wear the costumes of this Breton region a lot.” The meeting will be a tribute to these Bretons who have worn the costume for a long time, “one of the last regions in France and Europe where the traditional costume was still worn after the war”. Pascal Jaouen and Tristan Gloaguen will show that fashions have continued to evolve in the different Breton regions, they who saw, as children, this tradition of costume very anchored within their families. “We want to convey our passion and our visceral attachment for this Breton heritage, while giving a lot of hope for its preservation.”

A “chat”

Pascal Jaouen and Tristan Gloaguen do not talk about a conference but about a “talk”. “We are not speakers, we want to make this meeting a sharing with the public, and this from the start of the talk”.

Bigoudène culture and our speakers: a great love story

When Pascal Jaouen discovered embroidery at the age of 24, it immediately became a passion. “My relationship with embroidery is first and foremost a relationship with the Bigouden country.” It was at the Ar Vro Vigouden circle as a dancer that he discovered the Pays Bigouden: “It is a country which touched me enormously, by its culture, its people and its environment”. It was through the circle that he learned about embroidery and practiced until the founding, only ten years later, of his company in Quimper. Tristan Gloaguen is a person with many hats: dancer, singer, bell ringer and now speaker. The two friends agree on one thing: “Brittany is a gigantic source of inspiration, it is simply so rich in tradition and art.”