Philippe Matignon

Mame Philippe Matignon

About

Elegance and refinement, style and femininity, seduction and attention to detail, these are the characteristics that Philippe Matignon bases its collections on. The sophisticated and sensual French spirit blends with Italian style and quality giving life to precious tights, stockings, leggings, clothing, knee-highs and socks.

Philippe Matignon is positioned at the top of sophisticated elegance and looks after the woman in every detail, making it unique and seductive at every moment of the day, as well as on special occasions. An accessible luxury for a style that is renewed every year in fashion collections.

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A 2017 tattoo collection of Philippe Matignon. 

Development

 Philippe Matignon was acquired by Goldenlady Company in 2003, is the top-class trademark of the Group. Tights and stockings are manufactured with the finest yarns and state-of-the-art technologies applied to machineries able to create different types of weave. With its competitive articles the brand specialises in the retail channel and is positioned in the medium-high price range of the market in relation to the high quality of the products. Business partners can rely on constant assistance and training to manage sales at best. Matignon aims at women who want to stand out in an original but classy way, with special attention to comfort, elegance, details and a touch of sensuality.

Finance

 Philippe Matignon is owned by the Goldenlady Group, a market leader in Italy with a share of 35% and a key player in all major European markets including France, Germany, Spain and England, through its subsidiaries and sales agencies. A key position is held in Russia and in Eastern Europe (especially Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Slovakia) thanks to a local distribution network that has established the Group’s products as symbols of Italian elegance. Also in the US market, the Golden Lady Company has been able to achieve a dominant role.

The Group closed 2016 with a turnover of around 200 million euros with a drop from the previous year which closed at around 280 million euros.

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Goldenlady Group Chairman Nerino Grassi. The company that owns Philippe Matignon

Current Situation

 The Group today boasts of 13 production sites located in Italy, United States and Serbia, with an overall production of 400 million tights per year, distributed in 70 countries worldwide. The moving of its production to especially Serbia created an unwanted controversy for the company.

Nerino Grassi is the Chairman of the Group and the headquarters are located in Castiglione delle Stiviere (Mantova), Italy.