Made in ?

Preamble: What concerns us above all is the carbon impact of producing our collections. Even before talking about "Made in," we ask a simple question. What is the real cost of this garment to the planet?

What exactly is "Made in"?

It consists of manufacturing in a factory located in the country cited by the "Made in" label. But if the fabric comes from the other side of the planet before being assembled locally, what is the point? The garment will have already traveled tens of thousands of kilometers before even existing. The "Made in France" label says nothing about the distance the material has traveled.

What if we could do both at the same time? Producing locally means creating and maintaining jobs on-site by recruiting seamstresses and cutters with French expertise. It also means drastically reducing the distance traveled by the material, and therefore the carbon footprint of the garment.

Local employment and protection of the planet should not be at odds. They reinforce each other. This is exactly what we are building with Jamyas's Made in EUROMED. We produce in France when we find fabric in France or nearby, in Italy, Tunisia, Spain, Morocco, etc...

JAMYAS's Made in France,

It's simple: the fabric comes from France or from nearby. That is how we work with Velcorex in France, a French cooperative whose workers have taken back their own means of production. When the fabric is there, we manufacture there.

We produce Made in EUROMED (Euromediterranean).

What is Euromediterranean, EUROMED?

EUROMED is the Euromediterranean space, a basin that connects the countries of Europe and those of the Mediterranean, from Africa to the Middle East.

Why this choice? Simply because Marseille is closer to Tunis than it is to Dunkirk.

We launched "Made in EUROMED" to create synergy and prepare for the future. Our goal: a group of eco-responsible workshops on both shores of the Mediterranean.

Together, we can build a fashion industry based on solidarity and sustainability.

Made in Euromed, a JAMYAS vision to revive a neglected Euro-Mediterranean political ambition.

EUROMED has long existed as an ambition to bring Europe and the countries of the Mediterranean basin closer together.

This dynamic took shape in 1995 with the Barcelona Process, and then continued in 2008 with the Union for the Mediterranean.

The goal was to strengthen cooperation between the two shores regarding the economy, employment, the environment, energy, and shared prosperity.

The current situation

More than thirty years later, this ambition remains well below its potential and has gradually been neglected in its political, economic, and industrial implementation.

Yet the countries of the Mediterranean basin are close, complementary, and face the same economic, industrial, and climatic challenges.

A large part of the textile industry has moved away from this area in favor of longer production chains, weakening certain skills and limiting synergies between the two shores.

The Jamyas vision

The Mediterranean is not an obstacle. It is a common basin of populations, expertise, economy, and climatic destiny.

Our answer: Made in Euromed

Faced with this situation, JAMYAS has chosen to give concrete expression to this ambition through Made in Euromed.

As early as 2016, we formalized this vision by filing the Fashion Vigilant specifications intended for the textile industry in Euromed.

Our goal is to bring materials, expertise, manufacturing, and markets closer together, to promote skills transfers, to support local economies, and to minimize the carbon footprint of our collections.

Made in Euromed is our way of getting a Euro-Mediterranean ambition moving again—one we believe is essential for the future of our industry. We don't just wait for public decisions. We act concretely, on our own scale.

The Euromediterranean, a strategic gateway to Africa

The Euromediterranean can become a true industrial platform between Europe and Africa, based on cooperation, skills transfer, and the creation of shared value.

Textiles are a concrete example. Africa produces cotton, North Africa has expertise in spinning, weaving, denim, and manufacturing, while Europe provides innovation, design, technology, and market access.

The goal is to work directly with African producers, develop better-paid organic cotton, transform more on-site, and bring production chains closer together.

This Euromediterranean ambition, neglected for too long, must also be carried by entrepreneurs to recreate sustainable industrial ties, create jobs, and make the Mediterranean an economic gateway to Africa for the benefit of both shores.

Meeting with Roger Nkodo Dang, President of the Pan-African Parliament from 2015 to 2021. We discussed the end-of-life of clothing, second-hand trade, the potential of African cotton, and the ties to be developed between Europe and Africa.

Made in Euromed, proximity in numbers

JAMYAS considers the Mediterranean as a single basin of production and expertise: a bridge between the two shores, based on synergy, skills transfer, and the creation of value for the benefit of the populations.

Tunisia → Corsica (France): approx. 450 km
Italy → Tunisia: approx. 70 km between Pantelleria and the Tunisian coast
Spain → Morocco: approx. 14 km at the closest point
Marseille → Algiers: approx. 750 km — less than Paris → Berlin (1,050 km)
Marseille → Tunis: approx. 830 km — barely further than Paris → Madrid (1,270 km)

These distances show how close and connected the Euromediterranean space is. Producing in Euromed means producing locally.

Maximum reduction of the carbon footprint of our collections.

For JAMYAS, producing in Euromed means significantly reducing transport distances and favoring maritime transport whenever possible, which emits less than air freight. The goal is simple: reduce the logistical path as much as possible and therefore the carbon footprint of our clothing, while preserving local expertise and the Mediterranean, our common good.

With global warming, the Mediterranean is a single space: when fires hit Tunisia or Algeria, France, Spain, or Italy face the same disruptions. Protecting one shore means protecting the entire Mediterranean basin.

Our fabrics.

We produce where we find our deadstock fabrics: in France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.

No detours, no unnecessary transport. The fabric is sourced, processed, and manufactured in the same region.

This is our way of reducing the carbon footprint of our collections: fewer kilometers traveled, less transport, fewer emissions.

Made in France? Made in Italia? Made in Tunisia? Yes! It is also Made in EUROMED.

We do not divide; we bring together through our shared expertise.

The circulation of skills and goods for more jobs in the Mediterranean basin.

Manufacturing, cutting, and repair skills flow across the Mediterranean in both directions. A workshop in Tunis shares a technique with a workshop in Marseille, which in turn passes on knowledge to Palermo or Valencia.

Behind every skill, there is a person who lives from their work. Our ambition is to ensure that Euromediterraneans can live with dignity from their expertise without crossing oceans to find a job.

Ending the vicious cycle of clothing circulating tens of thousands of kilometers.

Today, a garment can travel the world before it is even purchased.

Fabric produced in Asia, processed in Europe, manufactured elsewhere, then sent back for sale. Sometimes, it is even "Made in France," but the fabric has traveled around the world before returning.

We want to end this vicious cycle.

Our vision: produce locally, process locally, sell locally.

The Euromediterranean is not just our production zone; it is a social project: bringing together the region's expertise to build a fashion industry that no longer needs to cross oceans.

Making eco-responsible purchasing a simple purchase. Democratizing it, normalizing it to protect the planet.

From deadstock fabrics to desirable clothing

JAMYAS's expertise begins with the choice of materials.

We source deadstock fabrics, forgotten stocks in workshops and warehouses, then give them a new life.

Each fabric is examined, evaluated, and sometimes repaired before being transformed.

Transforming what exists rather than producing ever more.

Small-batch production, our signature

Deadstock fabrics do not allow for large-scale production, which is why brands do not want them.

For us, this is precisely what makes each collection unique.

We work in small batches, which allows us to control every step of manufacturing, from pattern making to finishing.

We work with workshops that share our values.

Each garment is the result of human expertise passed down from generation to generation.

Cutting, sewing, repairing, adjusting: every movement counts.

When a country on the northern shore of the Mediterranean loses certain skills, the southern shore can help perpetuate our shared Euro-Mediterranean expertise.

Solidarity is a two-way street, in the interest of everyone.

Repair

We are not infallible. But we do repair.

When a garment has a defect, a faulty zipper for example, we repair it on-site. When the customer is far from our workshops, we grant them a 10-euro allowance to have it repaired nearby.

Repairing rather than throwing away or replacing.

We never abandon our customers.

No need to send your garment to the four corners of Europe: the repair is done near you.