Today the clothes industry still accounts for more than half Troyes' employment, and buying clothes from the factory
is one of the town's chief attractions: designer-label clothes can be
bought at half the normal shop price. Espace Belgrand in rue Belgrand,
off bd du 14-Juillet, has quite a number (Mon 2-7pm, Tues-Fri 10am-7pm,
Sat 9am-7pm); rues Émile-Zola and des Bas Trévois are also worth a
wander. Or you can go out to the manufacturers on the outskirts, where
dozens of factory shops sell clothes, shoes and leather goods designed
for everyone, from Nike to Laura Ashley and Yves St-Laurent to
Jean-Paul Gaultier. The best array is in the four giant sheds of
Marques Avenue, 114 bd de Dijon, St-Julien-les-Villas (Mon 2-7pm,
Tues-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 9.30am-7pm), south of the city on the N71 to
Dijon. At Pont-Ste-Marie, to the northeast of Troyes along the D960 to
Nancy, there's Le Centre des Marques, on rue Marc-Verdier, and McArthur
Glen, on rue Danton, both with the same hours as Espace Belgrand. Buses
for the outlets on the outskirts of town depart from the bus station by
Marché les Halles.
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