UK Underground 20 eyelet 5strap Black Leather Steel Boot UK 10 Punk Goth Combat
$ 105.6
Description
GRIPPER STEEL CAP BOOT – BLACK LEATHER & 5 STRAPS WITH BUCKLES The Gripper Steel Cap Boot is a twenty-eyelet boot based on an original British Army last with screwed, cleated rubber outsole and external steel toecap. This product sells for over $368 on the Underground England website- not including shipping to the US! PRODUCT DETAILS SOLE HEIGHT: HEEL – 2.8cm / TOE – 1.5cm SHOE HEIGHT: AT HEEL – 35cm (Height of the shoe upper excluding sole) ABOUT THE GRIPPER STEEL CAP Length: 29.90cm Width: 11.20cm Calf Measurement: 38.5cm With the growth of heavy industry, thick-soled boots with reinforced toecaps were needed to protect the feet of workers in Britain’s factories and foundries, later becoming the footwear of the British army. Steel cap boots – with their metal cap exposed or concealed beneath the leather upper – became the footwear of the British working class male. As skinheads emerged as youth movement in the early 1960s, their working-class roots were reflected in their adoption of the steel capped Boot. By the 80s, skinhead style has become synonymous with football terrace hooliganism and violence. But as the decade approached its anarchic close, steel caps found favour with the punks, whose nihilism was matched by their ferocious creativity. As grunge emerged in America during the late 80s and 90s, steel-caps returned on the feet of riot girls and then cyberpunks, before being picked up by fashion-forward kids in Tokyo’s Harajuku district. Durable as ever, the steel capped boot remains the choice for the most uncompromising wearers with a new generation of customers embracing the steel cap for its authentic and distinctive silhouette. Our Steel Cap footwear is produced to a very high standard and offer the wearer comfort and a degree of protection. However our boots are tested in a street environment and have not been subjected to a test to check their compliance to safety standards. We cannot guarantee their performance in a situation that requires the use of footwear compliant with safety regulations.
