Madeleine Lewis is a specialist researcher and consultant in the textiles and clothing industries. She is a French law graduate and diplômée in European Affairs of the College of Europe in Bruges. She has produced numerous studies of these sectors, mainly in France, Italy and the UK, for Textile Outlook International and various publications of the Economist Intelligence Unit. She is author of Knitted Goods in Europe, EIU Special Report No 2202, published May 1992