2023-08-08 21:25:42
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Published on 08/08/2023 21:25
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France 3 Article written by France 3 – J. Wild, P. Aubert, C. Berbett-Justice
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The clog dates back to the 15th century, but it still has its place and usefulness today. Meeting with the last clog maker of Finistère.
They slip into it every day to face the wet grass and stay warm. “It’s the hens that convinced us to buy clogs, because every morning, we have to open the henhouse, take care of them. And especially in winter, when it rains, it’s very practical”, says Juliette Méline, actress in Sainte-Catherine, in Finistère. With her husband Thibault, she fell in love with these typically Breton shoes, with a somewhat dated aesthetic.
“The ideal shoe”
“It’s not a shoe that I’m going to put on every day, certainly not to show off aesthetically, but for all that is daily work, work in the garden, it really is the shoe ideal”, she judges. Formerly dug by hand, clogs appeared in the 15th century and experienced significant development in the Breton countryside. Mickael Toudic is Finistère’s last clog-maker. To become the heir to such craftsmanship, he had to train in ancestral techniques.
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