Who remembers Monkey Boots

Laughing Gravy · Aug 28, 2013

I was having a chat with a mate today and we started talking about the strange footwear trends of the mid to late 70s and what we liked to wear in those far of days.
I said I was a Kicker fan and he said he loved Monkey boots.
Even though I did own a pair in 77 I had forgotten all about them.

Anyone else remember them.

I think the early Skin heads made them fashionable.

Return of the Rev · Aug 28, 2013

laughing gravy said:
i was having a chat with a mate today and we started talking about the strange footwear trends of the mid to late 70s and what we liked to wear in those far of days.
I said i was a kicker fan and he said he loved monkey boots.
Even though i did own a pair in 77 i had forgotten all about them.

Anyone else remember them.

I think the early skin heads made them fashionable.

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What about ankle boots

Buzzer · Aug 28, 2013

I never liked Monkey Boots, no idea why. And I'm a big fan of Kickers but they have to be the low cut. Bozza's your man for the high top Kickers.

simon swagbag · Aug 28, 2013

Laughing Gravy said:
I was having a chat with a mate today and we started talking about the strange footwear trends of the mid to late 70s and what we liked to wear in those far of days.
I said I was a Kicker fan and he said he loved Monkey boots.
Even though I did own a pair in 77 I had forgotten all about them.

Anyone else remember them.

I think the early Skin heads made them fashionable.

Weller wore a pair on the cover of All Mod Cons.
I saw a kiddy wearing a pair in the East stand last season, they didn't look too bad.

Dandyman · Aug 28, 2013

I will own up to having had a pair in the late 1970's - depending on your point of view they were either the smooth or soft version of DMs.

Buzzer · Aug 28, 2013

And a bit later wasn't there a very short-lived craze for the Lonsdale boxing pumps/boots/whatever they were?

Pretty pink fairy · Aug 28, 2013

skinhead girls used to wear them ,DM's the real deal
regards
DR

pork pie · Aug 28, 2013

Pretty pink fairy said:
skinhead girls used to wear them ,DM's the real deal
regards
DR

They were before DMs. I had them C 1969. When I had monkey boots I had never even heard of DMs. Had DMs as soon as they were popular, but that was about a year later.

There were monkey boots, these work shoes with a sort of ridge up the fron of them (can't remember their name) and normal army boots. High leg Para boots were the dogs bollox.

Shoes were loafers or brogues.

BN9 BHA · Aug 28, 2013

Pretty pink fairy said:
skinhead girls used to wear them ,DM's the real deal
regards
DR

Or poor mans DMs , I was just about to post I had a pair when I was a young skinhead, age 14, before I could afford DMs, but I don't think it was me.

16bha · Aug 28, 2013

It was DMs for me. Progressed from 10 hole to 14 hole, with yellow laces.

I'm sure it was red laces for NF, yellow for Anti Nazi League,white for skinheads. Anyone remember?

Pretty pink fairy · Aug 28, 2013

pork pie said:
They were before DMs. I had them C 1969. When I had monkey boots I had never even heard of DMs. Had DMs as soon as they were popular, but that was about a year later.

There were monkey boots, these work shoes with a sort of ridge up the fron of them (can't remember their name) and normal army boots. High leg Para boots were the dogs bollox.

Shoes were loafers or brogues.

Frank wrights and Gibson brogues, QUARTER INCH STEELS

regards
DR

pork pie · Aug 28, 2013

Pretty pink fairy said:
Frank wrights and Gibson brogues, QUARTER INCH STEELS
regards
DR

Frank Write loafers were the cheap ones. The tastles came off after a few days. The leather bit holding them on was useless because there was a whole where it crossed. There were better ones with string holding the tastles on,and all together much cooler - can't remember the maker.

raymondbriggs · Aug 28, 2013

Pretty pink fairy said:
,DM's the real deal
regards
DR

In the words of UB40
"As always you were wrong again"

Hawkins Astronauts were the "real deal" DM's were for cheapskates(but better than monkey boots)
W.H.M rule o/k.

Disregard Pretty Pink Fairy

raymondbriggs · Aug 28, 2013

Pretty pink fairy said:
Frank wrights and Gibson brogues, QUARTER INCH STEELS
regards
DR

Loakes,stupid boy.

BN9 BHA · Aug 28, 2013

16bha said:
It was DMs for me. Progressed from 10 hole to 14 hole, with yellow laces.

I'm sure it was red laces for NF, yellow for Anti Nazi League,white for skinheads. Anyone remember?

Some punks wore red laces, I thought it was a myth about the colour of laces but not 100%.

pork pie · Aug 28, 2013

16bha said:
It was DMs for me. Progressed from 10 hole to 14 hole, with yellow laces.

I'm sure it was red laces for NF, yellow for Anti Nazi League,white for skinheads. Anyone remember?

Mine were sprayed gold.

METALMICKY · Aug 28, 2013

Poor mans DM. None of us were skinhead or ska but the required look for the 5th year at school was brown DM with yellow stitching and a pair of Oxford bag flared trousers.

Dandyman · Aug 28, 2013

Buzzer said:
And a bit later wasn't there a very short-lived craze for the Lonsdale boxing pumps/boots/whatever they were?

Lonsdale Boxing Boots - although they tended to be the training version rather than the leather ones. I also had a pair of them.

Dandyman · Aug 28, 2013

raymondbriggs said:
Loakes,stupid boy.

Royals ?

raymondbriggs · Aug 28, 2013

METALMICKY said:
Poor mans DM. None of us were skinhead or ska but the required look for the 5th year at school was brown DM with yellow stitching and a pair of Oxford bag flared trousers.

DM's came in three colours Black,Cherry red or Oxblood,not brown.

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