KENSINGTON
HER - SHOE EVAN 7-EYE BOOT DRESS STRIPE T-SHIRT DRESS
TO BE CREATIVE YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE STATUS QUO, REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND STRIVE TO BREAK NEW GROUND. THERE IS A F IRST T IME FOR
EVERYTHING AND FOR MANY PEOPLE THEIR F IRST PAIR OF DR. MARTENS IS A MEMORABLE MOMENT IN T IME, AN OPENING STATEMENT OF INTENT AND AN EXCIT ING INIT IAL BLAST
OF CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION.
THAT F IRST PAIR OF DR. MARTENS OPENS THE FLOODGATES OF INDIVIDUALITY; OVER THE LAST F IVE DECADES THE ORIGINAL TRIBES – SKINS, GOTHS, PUNKS, TWO TONE, SCOOTER
BOYS AND THEIR L IKE HAVE MUTATED, CUSTOMISED, APPROPRIATED AND FREAKED OUT THE BLANK CANVAS OF THE 8-EYE BOOT. THIS RITE OF PASSAGE WAS PASSED DOWN FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION AS EACH SUBSEQUENT TRIBE STAMPED ITS INDIVIDUALITY ON THE FAMOUS BOOT.
IN THE MODERN ERA, HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALMOST L IMITLESS STYLISTIC VANDALS, WHETHER IT ’S FASHIONISTAS, BRIT ISH COUNTRY GENTS, CATWALK MODELS, TATTOO
WORSHIPPERS… AN EVER-EXPANDING COLLECTION OF TRIBES AND L IFESTYLES THAT SWELLS THE RANKS OF DM’S FOLLOWERS. THEY OFTEN POPULATE THE ETHER OF THE
INTERNET RATHER THAN THE STREETS OF THE UNDERGROUND, AND SUPERFICIALLY THEY MIGHT SEEM COMPLETELY AT ODDS TO EACH OTHER. YET THEY ALL SHARE ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR: THE PRIMAL URGE TO BE DIFFERENT. TO STAND OUT.
DR. MARTENS PERSONIF IES THIS DRIVE TO BE DIFFERENT AND AS SUCH HAS BEEN SWEPT ALONG ON THIS JOURNEY WITHOUT ASKING OR BEING ABLE TO STOP THE RIDE. THE BRAND
WAS JUST A FASCINATED BYSTANDER ON A JOURNEY THAT HAS RACED THROUGH EVERY CREVICE OF SUBCULTURE, EVERY TWIST AND TURN OF YOUTHFUL CREATIVITY. NOW, WITH
A GENERATION WHO HAVE ALWAYS HAD EMAIL , MP3S AND DOWNLOADS, DR. MARTENS IS AS RELEVANT AND VIBRANT AS EVER.
INDIVIDUALITY IS A WAY OF L IFE, NOT A FLEETING FANCY. YOUR F IRST STATEMENT OF INTENT SETS THE SCENE FOR A L IFETIME OF SELF-EXPRESSION. F IRST AND FOREVER.
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KENSINGTON
HER - SHOE EVAN 7-EYE BOOT DRESS STRIPE T-SHIRT DRESS
WINDSOR
HER - SHOE MIE 3989 WINGTIP DRESS GINGHAM SHIRT DRESS
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND WE’LL ALWAYS WALK TOGETHER.
PEIRU
KENSINGTON
HER - SHOE EVAN 7-EYE BOOT DRESS STRIPE T-SHIRT DRESS HIM - SHOE WELDON 5-EYE OXFORD
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
I WAS 14, THEY WERE SECOND HAND ALREADY, BLACK, A SIZE TOO BIG AND COVERED IN TINY
COLOURED HEARTS. WE’VE BEEN KICKING ALONG HAPPILY
FOR 9 YEARS NOW.
HANNAH
KENSINGTON / MIE
HER - CARRIE CUT-OUT SHOE DRESS CHAMBRAY SHIRT DRESSHIM - SHOE STEED
KENSINGTON
HER - CARRIE CUT-OUT SHOE
KENSINGTON
HER - CASTEL PRINT 8-EYE
WINDSOR
HIM - WINDSOR ALFRED BROGUE
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
IT WAS 1978. I BOUGHT A PAIR OF 8 HOLE OXBLOODS AND
LITERALLY DIDN’T TAKE THEM OFF FOR A WEEK. I SLEPT
IN THEM.
HENNO
WINDSOR
HIM & HER - STEED
KENSINGTON
HIM & HER - EVAN 7-EYE BOOT, BRIAR 5-EYE OXFORD, CARRIE CUT-OUT SHOE, WELDON 5-EYE, TOBIN 7-EYE BOOT
KENSINGTON
HIM - TOBIN 7-EYE BOOT
KENSINGTON
HIM - WELDON 5-EYE OXFORD
WINDSOR
HIM - SHOE BECKETT 8-EYE SHIRT STRIPE T-SHIRT
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
I WANTED TO LOOK LIKE MY DAD WHEN I WAS 15.
ANDREW
MIE
HER - STEEDHIM - 3989 BROGUE CHARCOAL / FISH SKIN
MIE
3989 BROGUE CHARCOAL / FISH SKIN
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
1979 ISH, I DIDNT DARE WALK ON ANY GLASS IN CASE THEY POPPED!! MY GRAN THOUGHT I LOOKED LIKE A SKINHEAD.
I LOVED THOSE BOOTS.
GARY
CROC
HIM & HER - 1460 CROC, 1461 CROC
SUBCULTURE
HIM & HER - ARIEN LACE SHOE, ALLY INTERLACE SHOE, ASHLAND MONK SHOE
SUBCULTURE
HER & HIM - RAMSEY CREEPER SHOE
KENSINGTON
HER - DEIRDRE CUT OUT T-BAR
CROC
HER - 1461 CROC
CROC
HER - 1460 CROC
WINDSOR
HIM - BARRETT TASSEL LOAFER
WINDSOR
HIM - BECKETT 8-EYE BOOT, LESTER 3-EYE SHOE, BARRETT TASSEL LOAFER, ALFRED BROGUE, MIE 3989 WINGTIP
MY FIRST PAIR OF DMS
I GOT DETENTION AFTER DETENTION AFTER DETENTION
AS I INSISTED ON WEARING THEM TO SCHOOL. I COULDN’T BEAR TO THROW THEM AWAY.
JAMES
WINDSOR
HIM - ALFRED BROGUE
WINDSOR
HIM - LESTER 3-EYE SHOE
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