Dr. Martens Polley Smooth Leather Mary Jane

Dr. Martens Polley Smooth Leather Mary Jane

- The Dr. Martens Polley Smooth Leather Mary Jane takes the grade school uniform look and turns up the edgy schoolgirl rebellion look

- Hardwearing and famously tough, Dr. Marten Smooth leather can be polished to shine or scuffed-up

- The Smooth Leather Mary Janes has instantly recognizable DNA that looks like this: classic Dr. Martens boot built with Smooth leather, grooved sides, a heel-loop, yellow stitching, and a comfortable, air-cushioned sole.

- Built on the iconic Dr. Martens air-cushioned sole, The Smooth Leather Mary Janes is oil and fat resistant with good abrasion and slip resistance.

Use the Dr. Martens' Wonder Balsam to keep The Smooth Leather Mary Janes clean, protect the leather, and keep it soft and supple.

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.

While he was then scanning the pages of a shoe trade magazine, when his eye was caught by the manufacture advertisement for their revolutionary air- cushioned sole.

Several different licenses were acquired and a few characteristic changes were made, including an altered heel, a bulbous but simple upper, a distinctive yellow welt stitch, a two tone grooved sole edge and a unique sole pattern. The boots were now branded ‘Airwair’ and came with a black and yellow heel loop representing the brand name and the slogan “With Bouncing Soles” which was printed based on the manufacturer's own handwriting. With its name being created off the date they were first created, April 1st, 1960, the eight-eyed 1460 Dr. Martens boot had mad its first arrival.

The decade in which the Dr. Martens boot was created, there was an eccentric wave of change, new ideas, cultural explosion and eventually social revolution.This radical era also witnessed flamboyant and often exotic fashions and styles