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