My first pair of Dr. Martens were, as you can imagine, the 1460 lace-up . They were in a not-so-classic metallic purple color that I'm pretty sure the brand has moved on from. I felt like the coolest kid in school until I had to un-lace them and take them off for a game of " The North Wind Blows " in theater class. They took ages to put back on.

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

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