. . . ”It was a great relief for my feet when as a boy, after having gone fishing or for a walk, I'd come home where I could finally take my shoes or rubber boots off and remain in my chaussons. When, like me, my grandmother took her shoes off, I could see that same sense of well-being on her face. . . ”. One could say that this event decided Thierry's future professional career. Why put up with such uncomfortable shoes all day long and limit effortless walking only to the home? Thierry Rabotin was born in Thollet a tiny village in west central France at the beginning of the Fifties. He worked as a woman's wear, children's wear and knitwear designer before dedicating himself to shoemaking. The necessity of answering that age-old question concerning the discomfort of the foot becomes his absolute personal motivation from 1978, when Thierry begins to work exclusively in footwear sector.