A
FRENCH, COMMITED AND INNOVATIVE
BRAND

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A French
art of living

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LOCAL MANUFACTURING &
MADE IN FRANCE

  • A territory of expression of predilection: the seaside
  • A home port: Bretagne, Morbihan and its sea spray
  • Products exclusively made in France +
  • Promoting the excellence of French know-howien France and abroad
  • A network of more tha 25 French partners, from producers to manufacturers +

"The founders only betrayed their 100% French commitment by choosing
an English name, "Friendly Frenchy" - commercial realism no doubt,
ambition to spread French know-how internationally. "

Laurence Haloche

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PRESERVE
THE ENVIRONNEMENT

  • Local and sustainable production guided by the principles of the circular economy and eco-design
  • Natural bio-sourced, recycled and renewable materials and co-products
  • A recycling network: collection, sorting, cleaning, treatment and valorisation of production waste+
  • Permanent optimisation to limit our environnemental impact
  • Support for actions to preserve the coastline and the oceans with Surfrider Foundation Europel +
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Wear change
on the tip of your nose

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A
SOCIAL COMMITMENT

  • Guarantee the respect of the best working conditions and remuneration for employees
  • Contribute to the maintenance and creation of jobs in our region with French manufacturing
  • Use of a ESAT, a workshop for the integration of people with disabilities
  • Supporting reintegration with a clothing workshop in a penitentiary centre
  • Participating in the professional training of new generations

CREATION &
INNOVATION

  • A unique creative approach inspired by nature
  • Research & development programmes to support our creativity +
  • Innovations adapted to manufacturers' existing production tools
  • Mastery of multiple manufacturing processes
  • Winner of the Morbihan Oscars in the Innovation category in 2020 +
  • Our support: BPI FRANCE INNOVATION - ADEME - BCI Bretagne Commerce International - CCI Bretagne - VIPE Vannes
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THE NAME : « Friendly as in eco-friendly, eco-responsible, welcoming,
Frenchy as in made in France, art de vivre à la française. »

A NEW LOOK
BETWEEN SKY AND SEA.

FRENCH
RESPONSIBLESGLASSES

  • Members of the collectiv of French eyewear manufacturers
  • Two territories of expression: The seaside AND the Wine Route +
  • Creations inspired by the family history of Friendly Frenchy's creators
  • A nod to the French culinary tradition which is dear to us

SEASHELLSGLASSES

  • Two collections with different manufacturing processes and materials from patented technologies
  • Shellfish: a natural, available and renewable resource, unique to our territory and its diversity+
  • To promote the French coastline, its seaside areas, its resources and the people who work there
  • Innovative and timeless iodine-based creations
  • Our own recycling network: Collection, cleaning, crushing and recovery of shells in our materials.
    The excellence of French eyewear expertise combined with Friendly Frenchy's creativity.

BEACH
COLLECTION

  • A 100% bio-sourced material with vegetable oil
  • A recycled material with the recovery of marine co-products: oyster, mussel and scallop shells
  • Shell waste from the Breton and Norman coasts from the food industry
  • Mechanical injection moulding in Oyonnax in the Ain region of France with a manual finish

SOLARMOR
COLLECTION

  • A collection with the Origine France Garantie (OFG) label: frames AND lenses
  • A French "handmade" production with bio-sourced and recycled material
  • Biomimicry: shapes and colours inspired by shellfish and their home environment
  • The traceability of the shellfish used is specified on each frame +
  • Recycled eyewear made from eyewear manufacturers' production offcuts
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Un Pied à Terre, a new territory
of expression: The Wine Route

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VINE GROWERS
GLASSES

  • Promoting a French tradition, history, know-how, values, people and terroirs
  • Promote the richness and diversity of French wine-growing regions +
  • A recycled co-product: French organic grape seeds +
  • A signature: a bunch of grapes with a marine anchor head

OUR
UNIVERS.

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Epicurious
epicureans

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A HISTORY AND
A PHILOSPOHY OF LIFE

  • Sandrine: over 10 years in the innovation and sustainable development sector
    Her story: "She was bathed in shells!" with the Musée de la Nacre et de la Tabletterie de France in Méru located in the premises of the family mother-of-pearl and tablettery buttons factory
  • Laurent: more than 10 years in the world of gastronomy and top-of-the-range events
    His legarcy: A family of farmers with a grandfather who was a winegrower
  • Research started in 2016 +
  • A successful Ulule fundraising campaign campaign
  • A first collection of shell glasses marketed in 2018
Sandrine et Laurent
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Take full advantage of the place and
of the moment!

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t-shirt et lunettes friendly frenchy

AN ART OF
LIVING

  • CREATE a new look
  • ESCAPE with an eye to the ocean
  • INNOVATE more and more
  • RECYCLE our consumer and production waste
  • VALUE our know-how, our resources, our territories
  • SHARE our emotions, aspirations and values
  • PROTECT our marine and land environment
  • LIVE THE PRESENT INSTANT - Carpe Diem
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Good spot have a stop !

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COLLABORATIONS THAT MAKE
SENS

  • Oyster farmer, fischermen, mitigators
  • FRENCH TOUCH OCEAN CLUB
  • SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE : Protection and enhancement of lakes, riviers, oceans, waves and coastline +
  • The Vendée Globe, Partner 2020-21 +
  • The VÉLOMARITIME
  • WWF FRANCE +
  • Royal mer +
  • UhainaPo +
  • Artists: The Feebles, Anne Rouat, Mélanie Busnel, Missy+
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DBehind our glasses,
there are men

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OUR SENTINELS,
WHO ARE THEY?

  • The Parks of Saint-Kerber – Cancale
  • Chez Boulan – Cap Ferret
  • Tarbouriech – Etang de Thau
  • Les huîtres d’Evariste - Gulf of Morbihan
  • Tomy Journaux - Diving fisherman – Saint-Malo
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Because they are in daily contac
with the natural environment.

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