mmm_sofay said:
omg, i love boots. been wearing them since i was 10. i used to wear el cheapo, but comfy as black colorado boots to school.
and earlier this year, i saw the hottest flat black mid shin high boots ever. but i was so pissed off, coz there were no size 6 left and they were on sale and they were really awesome. I just have to wait till i start getting paid so i get some dr. martens. love them boots.
I've got to warn you off docs... since they moved their manufacturing base to china the quality just hasnt been the same - thinner, cheaper leather, more problems with the air soles and generally inferior eyelets/stitching.
If you can find the originals made in england, which usually means second hand, though some place still have some of the old english stock from warehouses then your laughing though, youll be kicking shins in them for a decade.
personally Id recommend T.U.K or gladiator, both of them are all but indestructible and stylish to boot, with some really unique varieties out there. My gladiators have been going strong for about 3 years now with almost no visible wear, bar a few scratchs on the toe - its looking like theyll outlive me.
As well as that, if your willing to pay, gripfasts are pretty much what doc martens were meant to be all along. Made in england by skinheads with the express purpose of stomping queers.
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