Past life of boots

Past life of boots | You deserve these boots this winter.

How time flies! There are only 45 days left in 2020. How many flags did you finish at the beginning of this year? As the temperature gets lower and lower, winter comes quietly. A cold comes from the first step (daily health). When we put on the first set of autumn clothes and trousers in winter, it is inevitable to protect our feet. Especially for our friends in the north, it is very important to wear a pair of nice and warm boots in winter. Some boots are not only practical, but also keep leading the trend, so today I will introduce several common boots and their origins.

Dr Martin Boots Martens

Martin boots were inspired by a doctor's design in an accident. During World War II, German military doctor Klaus Maertens accidentally injured his foot while skiing. During the recovery of his foot, he tried to design a kind of boots to help him recover from his foot injury. This boot has an air cushion sole, which makes walking easier.

Later, Martin and an engineer named Herbert funk started a business together to produce the boots they designed and manufactured. At first, they used second-hand raw materials, such as metal eyelets in shoes of second-hand military jackets and leather pants worn by officers to make leather for boots.

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Martin boots are loved by many people because they are comfortable and durable. 1960, Martin sold the right to sell the patented design to the British company Griggs. Griggs 190 1 originated in Northamptonshire, central England, and it had already reached a considerable scale when it was introduced to Bill, the third generation head, because the quality of shoes is not the same as the quality of shoes.

After the company took over, it began to make black and cherry red Martin boots, and added personalized yellow stitching to the outer edge of the boots. The unique air cushion has also been marked with the special trademark "AirWair". Moreover, a black and yellow heel strap was added to the back of the vamp, and Bill's handwritten slogan was embroidered: "With bouncing soles-elastic insoles". On April 1960, 1, the first pair of Martin boots we are familiar with was officially born-8-hole Martin 1460, and the brand was named "Dr. Martin".

Martin boots are also very popular in subcultures. British skinheads began to wear Martin boots with personalized tights in the 1960 s; In the 1970s, punk music was born in Britain. With the rise of anarchism, Martin boots gradually became a symbol of rebellious personality and were sought after by a large number of young people.

Martin boots are generally divided into three categories: high school boots and short boots. Generally speaking, low boots are more common. Martin shoes is also divided into 8 holes, 10 hole, 14 hole and 20 holes. The eight holes in Martin boots mean that the upper has eight pairs of holes, and the English sole is thick and durable.

Chelsea boots

There are different opinions about the origin of Chelsea boots on the Internet. Generally speaking, there are two opinions: in Victorian England, a man named J.Sparkes-Hall invented Chelsea boots. He used to be Queen Victoria's royal shoemaker. Thanks to the invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839, he designed the elastic band on the booties, which made the Queen's boots inseparable from her feet every day. Soon, the shoes invented by J.Sparkes-Hall were in circulation in the city.

In addition, some people say that these boots were originally used as riding shoes, but at that time breeches were designed for high boots, so they were used as daily shoes. It wasn't called Chelsea boots at first. It is simply called "elastic booties". This name only appeared in the 1950 s. In the mid-1950s, a group of young artists, filmmakers and sociologists began to wander around King's Road in west London. This group of people was called ChelseaSet by the media at that time. Their lifestyle and dress are called Chelsea, and this group includes two main Fahn icons: mary quant and Jane Slimpton. They began to wear high-top boots, and decided that ChelseaBoots was the "ultimate casual shoes", and finally changed its name to Chelsea boots.

Some people also call this kind of boots Beatles boots, which was once famous for the legendary band Beatles, which swept the world. It is said that lead singers John Lennon and paul mccartney bought this pair of shoes on their way back to Liverpool from 196 1. 1962, george harrison and Ringo Starr joined them and matched them with suits, which made the band more unified in image. Since then, Chelsea's boots have a new name, Beetle Boots.

Chelsea boots are characterized by low heels, round heads, no shoelaces and ankle-high boots. The front and back of the shoes are made of different leather materials, and the boots are tightened by elastic bands on both sides. Common Chelsea boots are generally divided into smooth leather and suede leather, and the colors are mainly black, brown and gray.

Desert boot

During World War II, because it was extremely difficult for ordinary military boots to walk in the desert, the army ordered a batch of ankle-high raw rubber suede boots from the shoemaker in Cairo for soldiers to wear. Nathan Clark, the fourth generation descendant of Clarks family, is a century-old British shoemaker who just served in the British army. He was deeply impressed by the design of this desert boot. After he returned to England, he improved the design, and designed two pairs of shoelace holes on two pieces of shoes to facilitate the adjustment of tightness and the putting on and off of shoes. Soft leather on the front and back is firmly stitched and marked with orange stitching. 1950, Clarks booties based on these boots were officially launched, which is also the first pair of desert boots in history.

There is also a saying that Nathan Clark was referring to Chuka boots. Chukka boots were born in polo, also known as polo boots, and were first popular among British nobles. They are characterized by an open lace, no lining and two or three shoelace holes. The narrower design makes the overall shoe shape more slender, while the upper is more towering and elegant. The colors tend to be black, dark brown and other calm colors, while the materials are mostly glossy leather and exquisite suede, and the wooden sole is also a major feature.

Desert boots are variations of Chukka boots. Desert boots are improved on the original basis of Chukka, and there are also two or three shoelace holes in unlined boots, but the materials used in desert boots are obviously different from Chukka boots. More is the use of raw rubber or rubber soles, and usually suede uppers.

Desert boot

Polo boots

work shoes

Work boots, also known as work boots or tooling boots, originated in the United States in the last century. At that time, with the development of the western United States, these shoes were widely used by workers, and then they were used in the army because of their wear resistance and practical wearing characteristics. Because most of the early tooling boots were worn by workers, they needed very high wear resistance. Therefore, the soles of tooling boots are made of thick and wear-resistant materials, such as rubber and sawdust.

Most high-quality tooling boots will adopt Goodyear as the standard process, thus eliminating the common phenomenon of glue opening on sticky shoes. In addition, due to the long-term wear and tear of shoes, the most serious wear and tear is often the sole, and Goodyear technology has some advantages that the sole can be replaced many times.

The so-called Goodyear craft simply means that one line sews the insole (generally called insole by experts, but players like to call it insole), the vamp and the stripe together, and the other line sews the stripe and the outsole together. In this way, the outsole is an independent structure. When replacing the outsole, only the sewing thread for sewing the outsole needs to be removed, and the other thread does not need to be moved, so that the structure of the shoe body will not be damaged. In addition, a cavity will be formed between the insole and the rubber strip, and cork will be added inside, which can absorb moisture and shock. Because they are all sewn with various lines, the strength is not as good as rubber shoes.

So put on your boots this winter!

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