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Thibaud Lenoir tells the story of Katxi Klothing, a "childhood dream"

2021-09-07T08:43:38.724Z


STORY - Imagined by friends on school benches, the brand of “Basque kulture, local kustomisation and eko-responsible clothing” took off in 2015, appealing to Intersport, Galeries Lafayette and Decathlon.


In Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

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“At business school, we teach that you should never create a business with your friends and even less hire them,”

recalls Thibaud Lenoir.

I did both because I believe that we know their qualities well. 

This is how he founded Katxi Klothing with his lifelong friend, Jean de Jaureguiberry. They were both born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) and it is in the fold that their

"childhood dream"

has gradually become a company which today achieves 500,000 euros in sales. 'business.

“We did all of our schooling together, from kindergarten to business school in Bordeaux. We did the same sports and have the same group of friends, ”

says Thibaud Lenoir, 32 years old.

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The idea of ​​the future activity germinated on the school benches, those of the boarding school of Lestelle-Bétharram, near Lourdes, known in the Basque Country for its reception of young dunces.

“Jean spent his time drawing there;

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Source: lefigaro

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