What the Doctor ordered?
Dr. Martens, the chunky, clunky rubber soled boots of decades past are poised for a comeback. Or so thinks Old Gray Lady. The iconic work boots which came to symbolize the counter-culture are aiming to recruit a new generation of free-thinkers. The seemingly anti-fashion boots have become a design classic worn by many groups. The New York Times reports: “Dr. Martens showed up at New York’s fall Fashion Week in collections by Yohji Yamamoto, who is collaborating with the brand to create a limited-edition line, and by Chloé, which paired chunky boots incongruously with willowy dresses. “They are kind of antifashion fashion,” said Kimberly Barta, vice president for marketing at AirWair International’s American operation in Portland, Ore. “We were a practical, hard-wearing, all-purpose work boot before we were ever picked up by the youth culture, and in time we became a design classic.
