Our story

Created in December 2018 by French designer Vanessa Duman, French-York is inspired by a marriage of three cultures: New York, Paris and Middle East. Indeed, French-York is more than just a fashion brand! It is the cultural experience of French style with a New York twist. It’s a wink toward two iconic looks and two iconic cities

We believe that though languages, we create bridges, so the collection expanded to the Assyrian background of the designer and ending up offering fusion of French, English and Arabic.

 

Made in USA: Our Clothes are made in the USA. The factory is located in California while the print and embroidery are done in NYC.

Stay Local: We collaborate with local businesses, as the embroidery is made in Lower East Side (Manhattan) and our print is done in a residential shop in Brooklyn.

Comfort: The quality of our products makes them comfy. Clothes that we wear the must are the ones we feel good in

Quality: Quality of our products is one of the most important considerations. Our T-shirts are 100% cotton and our sweats are warm & comfy.

No trend: We prefer to make timeless clothes that you can keep for many years.Our Tees & sweats are basics.

Hello Slow Fashion / Goodbye overproduction : We offer our products exclusively, so we produce in a small quantities.

 

Our values

Simplicity: Though our products consist of high quality fabric, their candor easily matches other clothing items in your wardrobe.

Sharing: The cultural contributions, language, and thought represent the DNA of the brand with phrases that express the American mindset in French, which is the perfect combination of grit and grace.

Daring: The audacity to blend two unique styles and identities from the two of the world’s proudest cities while emphasizing simplicity is the mission of French-York.

We are conscious and committed: Even though French-York is a small company, we are very conscious of our impact on the environment and believe in being an eco-friendly clothing brand.  Each of our products is manufactured at a Californian factory that uses dye houses that use 7x less the amount of water than the average clothing manufacturer.  Besides water reductions, the plant also recycles everything through a zero-waste policy (fabric, plastic, paper, bottle…), which includes energy and CO2 reduction.

 

The founder

Born and raised in Paris, France where she entered the fashion world as a press officer, Vanessa Duman decided to begin designing her own clothing line, French-York, in 2018 upon her arrival in NYC. The brand name was inspired by her cultural experience in both France and America, as she aims to fuse the urban edge of NYC with the sophistication of Paris.

Although Vanessa likes to get out of her comfort zone, as evidenced by her passion for traveling and her career endeavors in several countries, French-York focuses on being stylishly relaxed.

“The idea was to create a brand that reflects me and so many other people. The desire of being stylish without looking over dressed. The desire of being well dressed and feeling so comfy in any circumstances. Now is possible with our clothes that are made to be versatile! You can wear them in different ways (skirts, pants, jeans…) and all seasons! “