#dr-martens

#dr-martens

Dr Martens has been making iconic shoes since the brand's first legendary boot was made in the UK in 1960. Selling for just £2 at the time, now Docs, with their signature yellow thread and chunky soles, are instantly recognisable. Sixty-five years later the brand isn't going anywhere, and Dr Martens has just opened its biggest ever UK flagship in central London.

What was originally a modest workwear boot conceptualized in the 1960s quickly became a symbol of rebellion and self expression when The Who's Pete Townshend started sporting them everywhere. In the decades since, Dr. Martens (call them Doc Martens or Docs, if you'd like) were adopted by pretty much every alternative youth culture in Britain (like punks, goths, and later grunge in the '90s). Now, you can see them pretty much everywhere, on edgy eighth-graders and professional adults alike.