Dr. Martens 8065 Black Smooth Platform Mary Jane

Dr. Martens 8065 Black Smooth Platform Mary Jane

- Meet the 8065 Black Smooth Mary Janes: a quintessential schoolgirl look reinterpreted with uncompromising style, like decorative broguing and double straps with horseshoe buckles.

- These Black Smooth Mary Janes retain plenty of Dr. Marten's DNA, like grooved edges, yellow stitching and Smooth leather, a lightly textured, highly durable leather with a soft sheen.

- The women's Black Smooth Mary Janes is built on our iconic air-cushioned sole, that's oil and fat resistant, with good abrasion and slip resistance.

- Durable and solid, the Dr. Martens 8065 Black Smooth Platform Mary Jane sole is secured using one of the finest construction methods available: the Goodyear Welt.

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Dr. Martens History

Starting in 1901, the small company began in Wollaston, Northamptonshire in the English Midlands. They were at the location of the epicenter of the English shoe industry and for six decades the footwear earned a solid reputation as sturdy, durable work boots.

In 1945, a 25-year-old soldier, while trying to heal from a broken foot, created a unique air-cushioned sole, opposed from traditional rough leather sole, to aid his recovery. Using a salvaged cobbler’s last and a needle, he made a prototype shoe and revealed it to an old university friend and mechanical engineer.

Both then became great business partners by using disused military supplies and began producing their shoes with unique soles. By 1947 they began formal production and within a decade they had a great going business, despite mainly selling to older women. In 1959, they decided it was time to advertise their revolutionary footwear invention in overseas magazines.