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Along with the Mohawk the most know symbol of punk fashion has to be Doc Martin boots,
or Doc Martin style boots. And I've actually got some here to show you. First of all they
should be leather, and they should have a thick sole. They don't have to have a heel,
they can be flat boots, but usually they're the style of motorcycle boots. Sometimes or
boots that have a steel toe in the front and the idea once again was to contrast with the
fashion of the time in the 70s and the 80s when you know punk was really getting going
which no one would have worn anything like this. It would have been soft shoes and soft
fabrics. Doc Martins are sort of know to be associated with the punk scene, but because
it's really into consumers, a lot of punks will go out of their way to wear shoes that
aren't a brand that people know because it's not about getting a certain brand, it's about
a certain style. The other really popular shoe is the Chuck Taylor. I'm actually wearing
them right now with skinnier jeans which are also a style. I can show you them right here.
They are near the stuff I used to do my hair. You know and Chuck Taylor's are really really
popular even today. Low-tops or high-tops doesn't matter. It was actually first popularized
by the punk movement and these are because these were really basic cheap sneakers that
people didn't wear in the 70s and 80s. It was, it was sort of the lowest common denominator
in sneakers and it was once again to show how anti-consumerist punks were.