who the hell is doctor marten?

OK so for those that know me would know that my favourite shoe is my black 8-hole docs..this is actually an understatement. I practically LIVE in them. I cannot emphasis enough how much I wear/love them. People probably don't recognise me without these shoes on. Sadly they have become about me and who I am. I wear them at least 5 days/wk. Boring? yes well i do wear them everyday. But, hear me out. Plain, simple and understated? you know it!...Maybe its just me but they literally go with everything (my mum would disagree 'oh not those boots')..work/play, rain/shine, summer(can get a bit heated down there)/winter..faaaark i wear em alot..I realise as I put on my shoes, ha yes my docs, I realise that for an item that I use everyday I know nothing about them. I mean, we usually look into makeup, hair products, clothes and skincare and know a tiny bit about them or at least know where or who originated them. 

So who the hell is Doctor Marten? Dr Marten is actually a brand. The brand is a collaboration of the Griggs family (a family from the english midlands renown for amazing shoe-making with high quality leathers) and Munich-based Dr Maerten himself, with the help of his university friend Dr Funck - probs the reason why they are so freakin' funky.
In response to a foot injury on a ski-ing trip, Maerten and Funck invented an air-cushioned sole and were looking for like-minded innovators. Griggs contacted Dr Maertens, a name was discussed, a plan hatched and a legend born on April 1st, 1960. I'm told (by the internet) that it was actually Pete Townsend who donned a pair of black 1460s on stage with his crazy, boundary-pushing band 'The Who' who made them an infamous grunge, working-class fashion icon. Townsend once said that he used to go to bed on tour with two things: ‘A cognac bottle and a Dr. Martens boot.' 

My DM. story is quite cliche' as I bought them from a small crowded shoe store on Cheshire St just off Brick lane in London, literally the size of a shoe box (oh the irony). £50 and love at first sight. They have been through many trials and tribulations and have seen more of the world than most people I know.

RRP $189 from most cool shops.