Finally when in France we talk regarding shoes we can use a lot of words: shoes, pumps, grôles, godasses, tatanes, and… godillots… it’s funny where this name comes from boots? ! … It’s more like it comes from who? … of a certain Alexis Godillot.
The surname of this Mr. Godillot has become a common name designating military shoes and more familiarly large shoes.
Alexis Godillot was also a specialist in leather work, he was also a tent manufacturer. trunks. To know more “from the trunk to the shoes“
Even Van Gogh “flashed” … he has painted the boots
