She spent fifteen years in ready-to-wear before realizing the project that was close to her heart. It was after the birth of her third child that Karinne Alquier opened the Mon coin fring boutique, on Place du Pin, with the concept of zero waste in the clothing market... A real challenge. “Personally, I thought I was buying way too many clothes, especially for my children. I tried to set up a short-circuit system, based on donations. »
Karinne Alquier has gone far beyond the traditional second-hand clothing store. She also makes and often tailor-made, kits, bags or even new clothes with unsaleable parts. His slogan ? “A T-shirt is a ball of thread; a dumpling is a purse. ” Creations that she sells at low prices.
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Before the flooding on the night of September 8 to 9 which affected the store and the reserve, Karinne Alquier had invested in eight sewing machines with the intention of setting up alteration workshops. A delayed project, but not abandoned. “I intend to teach my clients how to makeover clothes, or simply to hide an indelible stain. »
Karinne Alquier has also made a specialty of large sizes at affordable prices and is now known as the white wolf by this type of clientele: "I have always liked to dress curvy women who need to be secure. and accompanied. "Accompany, the word is launched with the jovial tone that characterizes the forty-year-old favoring exchange and the relationship that the sense of commerce "Today, I am done with sales objectives contrary to an eco-responsible trade. There is no point in pushing someone to buy a garment that, in the end, will remain in a closet. »
So Karinne applies herself to getting to know each of the people who pass her door, from the young student keen on vintage to the person without financial means, passing by the followers of the occasion by ecological conviction. Sometimes, too, some push open the glass door to simply chat or get help “I have filled out administrative papers more than once…”, adding to his shop a well-identified social role in the neighborhood.
My Coin Fring, 6 rue Jules-Ferry in Agen. moncoinfringen facebook page
