On the occasion of the new French Fashion Union association and its internet platform launch on the first of December, 3 questions to Morgan Bancel, co-founder of this support network for young fashion professionals.

By Ludmilla Intravaia

Le Boudoir Numérique : French Fashion Union is a mutual help and sharing Facebook group, "a movement whose mission is to help all young fashion professionals to achieve their first times", you explained in a previous interview for Le Boudoir Numérique (read it here). However, this Sunday, you have launched the FFU association, at the same time as its dedicated internet platform. What is the function of this association ?

Morgan Bancel, co-founder of FFU : Indeed, since this Sunday, fashion professionals can join the association that we have just created, an official association whose status will allow it to represent its members and speak, on their behalf, to make their voices heard.

FFU philosophy is based on the collaborative strength of its members. Is its new internet platform based on the same principle ?

Absolutely. Before embarking on the platform project, we consulted the 6,300 members of the FFU Facebook group to find out if they approved of its rapid launch, even if the service offer was not yet available. 70% of the members agreed to help us immediately with their contributions. This is why, we are going to live a transitional period from December to January, during which we will co-build all the offers of the association with the first members, in a 100% collaborative approach. Then, we will expand the number of services, until we have a ready association, in March 2020.

What are you going to do in the coming months ?  

For the moment, we are drowned in the membership requests that we are processing as quickly as possible. We are very touched by the little words of encouragement left by the first members of the association, while joining. Beginning next week, my wife Esther (co-founder of the FFU and creator of the eponymous brand Esther Bancel, AN) and I will pick up our phone to call each member and ask them about their professional needs and their desires to get involved in the development of the FFU project. We will not build this association alone. But together. All help and good energies are welcome.  

* To the join FFU association, it's here. Membership price : € 15 per year.

* Continue reading on French Fashion Union with the interview of its founders, Esther and Morgan Bancel, on Le Boudoir Numérique : "Digital tools like FFU are useful to young creators".  

* Discover Le Boudoir Numérique fashion editorial “Esther Bancel x Lionel Samain” here.