Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe is one of the most anticipated surprises of Paris Design Week 2026 for lovers of design, textile craft, and French savoir-faire.
From September 10 to 19, 2026, SCF’s Braiding Workshop (Atelier de Tressage), located at the Caserne des Minimes in Paris’s 3rd arrondissement, will host the exhibition Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe.
The exhibition brings together four complementary voices:
- Société Choletaise de Fabrication (SCF) — a French textile manufacturer
- Made by bobine (MBB) — an upcycled design label
- Lainamac — a French wool industry association
- Marie-Ange Guilleminot — an internationally recognized contemporary artist
Together, they offer a singular, poetic take on two everyday objects — hangers and screens — reimagined as a mobile wardrobe.
How Was the “Hangers and Screens” Mobile Wardrobe Project Born?
It all began with a meeting: Olivier Verrièle, head of Société Choletaise de Fabrication, and Marie-Ange Guilleminot, the renowned French contemporary artist.
Their first collaboration dates back to 2016, at the Made in France Première Vision Paris trade show, where Marie-Ange was invited to create a work using SCF’s French textile know-how. As she recalls:
“Our first collaboration was the marriage of pencil and lace. And not just any lace — a braid made on antique wooden looms, some dating back to the 19th century, belonging to Société Choletaise de Fabrication.”
Their paths crossed again in 2025, when Olivier visited Marie-Ange’s exhibition at the Abbaye de Maubuisson. A passionate conversation about craftsmanship, ancestral gestures, and the transmission of technique sparked the idea of going further — leading to an ambitious new project for Paris Design Week 2026: Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe.
The Factory Visit That Sparked It All
Early in 2026, Marie-Ange Guilleminot traveled to Cholet to visit the heart of the SCF factory — an experience she describes as breathtaking:
“The braiding and weaving looms are like little enchanted carousels producing braids, laces, trims… it’s a unique experience where EVERYTHING contributes to the wonder: the sound of the bobbins, the smells, the textures of the moving threads and colors.”
This immersion in SCF’s workshops — a company officially recognized as a Living Heritage Company (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) — gave birth to two strong ideas that would form the backbone of the exhibition.
The Project: Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe
This 2026 project unites two objects — the hanger and the screen — connected by a single thread: the braid.
The Made by Bobine Hangers, Reimagined by Marie-Ange Guilleminot
The first piece builds on an existing product: Made by bobine’s high-end wood-and-braid hangers, inspired by early 1900s design, wrapped in tubular braiding and finished with a metal hook. Marie-Ange took the concept further.
She envisioned sheathing the hook itself for a fully unified textile object from head to toe. She then designed a functional variation — a sheathed rod for hanging trousers — and, finally, a foldable hanger, sleek enough to slip into a suitcase.
Several hangers are wrapped in wool braid supplied by Lainamac, an industry association promoting handmade craftsmanship using French wool.
For Paris Design Week 2026, these creations take on a spectacular scale: a sculpture made of hundreds of hangers, each with a different texture, will be suspended among the trees of the inner courtyard at Arnaud Beltrame Garden, at the Caserne des Minimes — home to SCF’s Parisian showroom at 3 rue Saint-Gilles.
The result is an aerial mobile sculpture crafted entirely from SCF’s unused stock — a striking lesson in large-scale upcycling.
Jeanne’s Screen: A Sculpture You Can Use
The second piece is equally poetic. Marie-Ange designed a folding screen wrapped in wool braid, specially created for the occasion on SCF’s antique wooden looms. It’s a first: wool has never before been worked this way on these 19th-century machines.
Named Jeanne’s Screen, in tribute to the women of the Belle Époque, the piece follows the proportions of atraditional domestic screen — but goes far beyond the decorative. Folded, it measures just 160 x 37 cm and fits easily into a small apartment. Unfolded, it becomes an elegant mobile wardrobe: a place to hang clothes on hangers, drape scarves, or set down accessories.
Its creation was a genuine technical feat. The light, fine pinewood frame was built by a cabinetmaker. Costume designer Carmen Mateos contributed to the design and dressing of the piece. And its beauty owes everything to SCF’s exceptional braids, straight off the wooden looms.
Jeanne’s Screen is available as an open edition, made to order and to measure.
And why the name Jeanne? You’ll have to visit to find out — we might just share that beautiful story of entrepreneurial women in person.
What to See at Paris Design Week 2026: Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe
The exhibition Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe runs from September 10 to 19, 2026 at the Caserne des Minimes, Paris 3rd arrondissement, as part of the official Paris Design Week program, in partnership with the City of Paris and SAFI.
This marks SCF and Made by bobine‘s 5th participation in the event, including three editions held at the Caserne des Minimes.
On the program:
- An aerial mobile sculpture of hangers, suspended among the trees of the inner courtyard at Arnaud Beltrame Garden
- Two six-panel folding screens on display in the adjoining space, with scenography bySCF and Made by Bobine
- The opportunity to try — and take home — the screens on site
- A surprise awaiting in the café
The opening reception takes place on Saturday, September 12 at 6 PM. A special fashion-industry after-work event is also planned for September 15.
The Common Thread: Braiding, Between Tradition and Upcycling
What unites every piece in Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe is the tubular braid. Made on 19th-century wooden braiding looms, it lies at the very heart of the project. SCF notably produced tube-shaped braids on an impressive loom fitted with 96 spindles.
The materials come from two sources:
- Leftover threads from the end of SCF‘s production runs, upcycled by Made by bobine in a genuine circular-economy approach
- A wool yarn specially developed with Lainamac, an association championing French wool and the know-how of its supply chain
The project embodies everything Made by bobine stands for: French manufacturing, circular economy, accessible employment for people with disabilities, and collaboration between artisans, manufacturers, and artists.
Who’s Behind Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe?
Société Choletaise de Fabrication (SCF)
Founded in 1969, SCF designs and manufactures narrow textile accessories from its base in Andrezé – Beaupréau-en-Mauges, in the Maine-et-Loire region. Cords, laces, straps, braids, trims, piping — SCF supplies clients worldwide across fashion, sport, technical textiles, packaging, and interior decoration.
Recognized as a Living Heritage Company and a France Textile Heritage label holder (France Terre Textile), the company employs 55 people and operates 2,000 machines, including 1,062 wooden looms dating from 1830 to 1900 and 70 lace-braiding looms.
Since 2020, SCF has opened its workshops to artists and students in residence, as part of an eco-responsible approach that puts production surplus to good use.
Made by Bobine (MBB)
Founded in 2021 by five design enthusiasts from the Cholet region, Made by bobine creates 100% French furniture and accessories using rare craftsmanship and upcycled materials. MBB works in short supply chains, partners with work-assistance enterprises supporting people with disabilities, and favors Living Heritage Company-labeled partners.
In 2022, MBB opened a collaborative space, the Braiding Manufactory, housed in SCF’s former factory — home to workshops, exhibitions, and a haberdashery of upcycled SCF products.
SCF Braiding Workshop, Paris – Atelier de Tressage
In Paris, SCF‘s Braiding Workshop (3 rue Saint-Gilles, 75003) serves as a showroom and haberdashery open to the public, as well as the Parisian boutique for Made by bobine products.
The workshop also runs braiding classes where visitors can learn to make their own cord using the kumihimo technique or on traditional wooden looms.
Want to book a braiding workshop for Paris Design Week? [Click here to reserve your spot!]
Lainamac
Lainamac is an industry association dedicated to promoting handmade craftsmanship using French wool. Rooted in a region rich in sheep farming, it regenerates a living, responsible wool supply chain by bringing regional wools back to market and fairly valuing every actor along the chain.
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
Born in 1960 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Marie-Ange Guilleminot is an internationally acclaimed French contemporary artist. A graduate of the Villa Arson in Nice, she exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in 1994, received a Special Mention at the 1997 Venice Biennale, and has spent thirty-five years developing a practice spanning performance, sculpture, installation, and functional objects.
She will be honored with a solo exhibition at the Carré d’Art in Nîmes, running from November 6, 2026 to March 2027.
Her work places the body, the gesture, and the object at the center of an ongoing dialogue with the Other. The folding screen is an emblematic form throughout her career — she created her first one in 1997.
Practical Information: Hangers and Screens, a Mobile Wardrobe
- Dates: September 10–19, 2026
- Location: Caserne des Minimes — Paris 3rd arrondissement
- Opening reception: Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 6 PM
- Fashion after-work event: Monday, September 15, 2026
- Admission: Free, as part of the official Paris Design Week program
Contact: 📍 SCF Braiding Workshop — 3 rue Saint-Gilles, 75003 Paris 🌐 www.made-by-bobine.fr — www.atelierdetressage.paris — www.scfl.fr
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