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1st April, 1960, may seem a pretty inauspicious date however on this day the Dr Martens boot was born, from the unlikely alliance between a German inventor and a family of English footwear manufacturers.

The inventor Dr Maertens of Munich, Germany, had a garage full of inventions, including a revolutionary shoe sole almost literally made of air, the Griggs family from Northampton, England, had a long family tradition of manufacturing quality footwear. They came together via a classified advertisement in a magazine.

Together they took risks, they jointly designed and created a boot that was not only practical and hard-wearing, but also exceptionally comfortable, the design became a classic.

Postmen, factory workers and transport unions bought the boot by the thousand, then something incredible started to happen, they were joined by rejects, outcasts and rebels from the fringes of society.
Initially it was the working classes but before long everyone was clamoring for a pair of Docs, the boot for the masses.

In the early 1960s the skinhead subculture adopted the Dr Marten boot as a symbol of their movement.

Since these early beginnings Doctor Martens have continued to be associated with youth culture, mods, glam rockers, punks, ska, psychobillies, grebos, goths, industrialists, nu-metal, hardcore, straight-edge, grunge, Britpop.

Now as the new century is over two thirds of the way through its first decade the youth of today is less tribal, what you wear is now more of a statement than a way of life, tribal warfare on the streets between different factions is now thankfully a thing of the past.

In this new era where individuality is omnipotent there is still a place for Dr Martens, as today’s teenagers create their own style.

The Dr Martens range can be bought online at Cloggs.

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