Doc Martens

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It comes from the Dr Martens' official website.

It is about the story of the Dr Martens shoes.

 

The text is composed of different paragraphs.

each paragraph is related to the chronology.

It starts with the beginning of the inventor.

The inventor is Dr Martens he was a German soldier during the second world war.

He was injured.

He invented a sole.

In the 1960's Max Grigg a British shoe maker bought the license and he made some changes in the making of the shoe.

some very noticeable elements were made :

- yellow stitch

- a two tone grooved sole edge     ( groove = rainure)

- a unique sole pattern

The boots were branded as ‘Airwair’.

During the 1960's many political and cultural changes appeared.Dr. Martens has always kicked against the norm.

At the beginning, the Dr Martens shoes were Britain’s working classes shoes.