Womens Dr. Martens 1461 Hearts Quad Oxford - Black
Spread some love this season with the new 1461 Hearts Quad Oxford by Dr. Martens! This old school oxford features metal heart toe caps on Smooth leather uppers and platform air-cushioned PVC outsoles for all-day comfort and flexible traction. Available at select stores and online at Journeys.com!
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- Durable leather upper made with Dr. Martens' classic Smooth, a hardwearing leather that can be scuffed up or polished to a high shine
- Classic heel pull loop
- 3-eye lace closure with velvet laces and heart-shaped eyelets offers a secure fit
- Playful heart details throughout
- Cushioned footbed ensures all-day comfort
- Goodyear® welt heat seals and sews the upper and sole together, providing enhanced durability
- Quad air-cushioned PVC platform outsole
- Platform Height: approx. 2.2"
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.