About us

From yesterday

Founded in 1928, Félix and his son André Houlès established the parent company, 18 rue Saint-Nicolas, in the heart of Paris, in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine area, the traditional district for upholsterers, interior designers and architects. Then, Suzanne and Pierre Houlès will change this French family business of the Thirties into a company with an international dimension, which they eventually transferred to their children. Nowadays, the company is managed with great passion and enthusiasm by its president Philippe Houlès, who became sensitive to the world of decoration from his early age.

Originally, wholesaler of upholstery supplies, Houlès has since developed its business to specialize in creating and editing trimmings collections, and is now well-known as a worldwide leader.

Today

Houlès creates, designs and sells four main categories of products: Trimmings, Curtain Hardware, Fabrics, and upholstery supplies.

Our customers are decoration stores, upholsterers, architects, interior designers and design offices, working on high-end residential projects (private apartments and town houses), as well as contract projects (restaurants, luxury hotels) and public projects (museums, theaters, etc.). Houlès creations are often selected for the decoration of palaces and castles like le Château de Versailles, or Presidential Residences in France and abroad. The company also participates in many restoration works of prestigious historical monuments like the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Over the years, thanks to its creations, high-quality and service, Houlès has gained customers worldwide. Thanks to its subsidiaries in Great-Britain, in the United States of America, in Italy, in Germany, and thanks to its broad network of commercial agents and distributors, Houlès is nowadays established in more than 160 countries. This trading network goes on spreading, with the upcoming opening of a Show-Room of the latest Houlès subsidiary in Dubaï.
The Houlès Show-Room in Paris has recently been entirely renovated; the Head Office is located in Noisy-sur-Ecole, near Fontainebleau, and the logistics platform of more than 10 000 sq. m is based in Saint-Etienne, historically the birth place of trimmings and ribbons industries.

In addition to its international presence, Houlès participates to great international events like PARIS DECO OFF, BEL ETAGE, INTIRIO, DECORUM, HEIMTEXSUISSE, MUNICH STOFF FRÜHLING, or LONDON DESIGN WEEK.