アンダーグラウンドのインスタグラム(resul80k2) - 10月18日 20時46分
THE #STEELCAP
The Steel Cap Boot, also referred to as the #SteelToe or #SteelTipBoot, started life as an essential piece of kit on the feet of workers in factories and foundries. With the growth of heavy industry, it was essential that workers wore protective footwear and a formed steel cap, either under the leather, or over the leather in the case of those used in foundries where there were molten metals, afforded them some measure of protection. Steel toe cap boots with their heavy cleated soles and tough leather uppers were also adopted by the army as a combat boot and even as a parade boot.
During the 1960s the emerging #skinhead movement adopted work boots and especially surplus army boots as part of their dress code. The original skinhead movement wore the boots as part of a look that emphasized their British working-class roots. Some skinheads favoured the aggressive look of work boots and the style soon gained notoriety as "#bovver boots" (a lazy derivation of the word, bother) with the steel toe cap boots in particular being nothing less than offensive weapons. During the 1970s they were a common sight "in action "on the football terraces of England.
Only in the late 1970's and early 1980's were they rescued from everlasting infamy when steel cap boots became part of the dress code for the emerging punk movement. With their scuffed leather uppers adorned with studs, spikes and boot straps they were typically matched up with tartan bondage pants, and studded leather jackets.
In the 1990s the boots became synonymous with the #Grunge look and these big boots crossed over to girls. Decorated by felt tip pens or adorned with bottle tops, coloured laces or even fruit stickers they were typically worn with mini skirts and striped tights. The #RiotGrrrl look of the 1990s also took hold of the boots creating a thrashed, punked up grunge look and in Japan the boots became an essential part of the #Harajuku look.
In the 2000s the boots were a popular with the emergent #Rivethead and #Cyberpunk movements. CONTINUED IN COMMENTS BELOW
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