So the best thing to come from Northampton second to Alan Carr has to be these majestic icons of footwear history!
Basically a German bloke from...Well Germany, injured his poor widdle ankle in skiing accident and in an attempt to find some shexy ankle support avec air padded soles, he stumbled (excuse the pun) upon a cheeky chappy from Northants who reckoned he could help him out. Then before they knew it 50 years had passed and they had created a one-in-a-million creation.
In the swinging 60's; as well as a skinhead and a gnarly pit bull, a Punk wouldn't be a Punk if he wasn't accompanied by this WEL'ARD tootsie attire.
These days we're all jumping on the band wagon, i had my reservations but it was only until my superstar mother revealed that she had a pair in the mid 80's accompanied by legwarmes of evey colour! Whaaaaat? A bombshell that lead me running to Amazon/Ebay.
Some might think that '1460 and 8 holes' was the last year golf was interesting but instead it's the mighty landmark in which these beauties came about :)
Even designers are attempting to put their own stamp on them..
Wow, easy there Raf Simmons! I know they're renowned for their ankle support but i doubt even the mothers of Madness or The Who would even wear these!
These newbies come courtesy of legend Yohji Yamamoto!
Everyone's at it!
flkr pic by Bronx-
"i struggle find the balance between who i am and who i wish to be."
YEYEYE
xo
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