The inventor was Klaus Martens who within the German army found boots provided aggravated a classic skiing injury, so ended up being making himself its own set of two boots to ease the pain. Following your war he connected with Dr Herbert Funck to create the look which made the initial list of Dr Martens to sell on the public.
By 1952 production was high that they can opened their first factory in Munich and commenced selling their shoes internationally in 1959. Thing about this drive for international sales involved selling patent rights to R Giggs in the UK who produced and properly marketed them there.
R Giggs re-branded the soles as AirWair, added yellow stitching and adjusted the shape with the heel. They sold their first pair on 1 April 1960. They were cherry red with 8 eye-holes for your laces, a mode which can be still sold today.
Initially, Dr Martens were only favored by postmen, policemen and workers which were for their feet a lot throughout the day. With the late 60s they had begun to be worn by skinheads. Inside 70s Punk Rockers started wearing them too. With time they also have ended up being the footwear usually chosen amongst other categories of young wearers.
Today, they produce various kinds of footwear along with boots and safety shoes range. Widening their range has given them truly universal appeal again. Until 2003, they're able to produced footwear which was made without any animal products to fascinate the vegan market. After 50 years you can depend on Dr Martens to carry on to innovate whilst continuing to create to manufacture their classic models. In another Half a century men and women definitely always be wearing their footwear.