When the Dr. Martens boot
first catapulted from a
working-class essential to a
counter-cultural 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,
1st April, 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.
