Dr. Martens Embury Chelsea Boot - Black
Classic Docs style, new laid-back design—it's the Embury Chelsea Boot Boot by Dr. Martens! Part of the Dr. Martens Casual collection, the Embury Chelsea Boot features an upper made with Doc's rich oily Wyoming leather, iconic heel pull loop, dual elastic gore for easy on and off, and the classic air-cushioned PVC outsole.
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- Durable leather upper made with Wyoming, a rich, subtly grained leather with an oily surface
- Classic heel pull loop
- Dual elastic side gore for easy on and off
- Cushioned footbed provides lasting comfort
- Dr. Martens Tract sole construction with signature yellow welt stitch
- Air-cushioned PVC outsole delivers premium traction
When the Dr. Martens boot first catapulted from a working-class essential to a countercultural icon back in the 1960s, the world was pre-internet, pre-MTV, pre-CD, pre-mp3s, pre-mobile phones… hey, they’d only just invented the teenager. In the years before the boot’s birthday, April 1, 1960; kids just looked like tribute acts to their parents, younger but the same. Rebellion was only just on the agenda for some - for most kids of the day, starved of music, fashion, art and choice, it was not even an option. But then an unlikely union of two kindred spirits in distinctly different countries ignited a phenomenon.
In Munich, Germany, Dr. Klaus Maertens had a garage full of inventions, including a shoe sole almost literally made of air; in Northampton, England, the Griggs family had a history of making quality footwear and their heads were full of ideas. They met, like a classic band audition, through an advert in the classified pages of a magazine. A marriage was born, an icon conceived of innovation and self-expression.
Together they took risks.
They jointly created a boot that defined comfort but was practical, hard-wearing and a design classic. At first, like some viral infection, the so-called 1460 stooped near to the ground, kept a low profile, a quiet revolution. But then something incredible started to happen. The postmen, factory workers and transport unions who had initially bought the boot by the thousand, were joined by rejects, outcasts and rebels from the fringes of society.
At first, it was the working-classes; before long it was the masses.