The popularity of the Moncler jacket with urban scooter riders is undeniable.
But the brand's story was first told on the ski slopes.
In the 1950s, the winter holidays prompted many French people to head for the Alps and the Pyrenees in search of thrills.
The advent of winter sports creates new needs in hexagonal wardrobes: in this case insulating clothing, protecting against the cold, and adapted to the practice of sliding.
In 1952, René Ramillon, famous manufacturer of mountain equipment and holder of dozens of patents, founded Moncler in Monestier-de-Clermont, near Grenoble, in Isère.
If the company first manufactured quilted sleeping bags, capes and tents, it was the creation of its down jackets in 1954 that launched the legend.
However, the first models were not intended for vacationers, but for its workers who wear them over their overalls.
It is the French mountaineer
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