Dr. Martens

The Story of an Icon

by Martin Roach

Chrysalis Impact, 2003
First edition
Colour photographs throughout
ISBN 1844110117
Paperback

Condition: Very Good
minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers (see photographs)

“On 1 April 1960, the first Dr. Martens boot rolled off the production line at the Griggs family firm of shoemakers I Wollaston, Northamptonshire.  This was the 1460, so named after the day, month and year of its birth.
Today, the very name ‘Dr. Martens’ evokes thoughts of a brand that is famous the world over, in the same mould as Ray Bans, Levi’s and the Mini motorcar.  From the launch of the classic cherry-red eight-holer on that day in 1960, to more recent colourful or patterned twenty-holers, Dr. Martens have been part and parcel of a true ‘grass-roots’ culture for over four decades.  Subversive, strident and establishment-baiting.”