Marie-France Cohen is a French fashion designer,[1] entrepreneur and philanthropist specializing in creating luxury children's clothing.
Born in March 1944 in Aix-en-Provence[2] into an aristocratic Jewish Sephardic family, the career of Marie-France Goutal[1] in the world of fashion and design begins with the launch of the luxury children's clothing brand Bonpoint[3] in 1975, which she co-founds with her husband, Bernard Cohen, whose last name she takes.
In collaboration with Thanks for Nothing, a philanthropic association co-created by Marine Van Schoonbeek, Marie-France Cohen has been involved in various projects aimed at linking the art world to the nonprofit sector.
[5] In 2022, the "Merci" endowment fund, created by Marie-France, launches the Horizon project, which aims to house refugees in the village of Callac.
[6] After death threats and online hate calls by far-right sites, a demonstration organized by the Reconquête political party, and intimidation acts against the mayor of the city, carried out among others by individuals identified as belonging to neo-Nazi groups,[7] the project is finally abandoned in April 2023.