Clarks Originals - Brand History
Clarks Originals are a companion to fashion. Sometimes a discreet accessory other times a statement of the wearers fashion identity. The Clarks Originals Desert Boots are steeped in fashion heritage, the mens Desert Boot is a direct descendant of the adopted Military suede desert boots, Clarks Originals Desert Boots being a reinterpretation of the 1950s original version. Each generation offers their own fashion slant on how they wear the Clarks Original Desert Boots. This has happened not only with generations but also with fashion trends, an example of this being the English Mods of the 1960s and the American California flower power movement of fashion also in the 1960s and early 1970s. The adoption of the Clarks Originals Desert Boots by this American Fashion movement made the Clarks Original Desert Boot a truly international fashion style. The adoption of this style of footwear the Clarks Original Desert Boots illustrates how diverse fashion movements can adopt and reinterpret the use of fashion design to reflect their own social culture.
Clarks Originals are the kings of Crepe, certainly in terms of the classic Clarks shoes footwear collection. The sole unit on the classic styles for example the Clarks Originals Wallabee which is made in both the Clarks wallabee boot and Clarks wallabee shoes style both have a crepe sole unit as the Clarks Originals desert boots sole, contrast stitch detail around upper seams are a feature of both styles with the Clarks Originals Wallabee boot having a leather trim around the top. Moving into the 1970's archive a classic from that period is the Clarks Originals Ashcroft shoe and Clarks Originals Ashcroft boot, again both of which fearure the crepe sole unit with the much used suede upper. The combination of crepe and suede are used on the 1990's Clarks Originals Natalie shoe, the Clarks Natalie shoe is a lace up mens shoe with the crepe sole running up the front and back of the shoe. Although suede uppers are often used on the Clarks shoes leather is frequntly an available option this is certainly the case with the Clarks Originals Natalie shoes.
An alternative to the crepe sole an integeral part of the Clarks shoes legacy is the rubber sole which features on the styles throghout the collection. The Clarks Originals rambler shoes an additional archive design and the companion the Clarks Originals Oberon boot. The Clarks Rambler shoe has a leather upper with three eylet lace holes which use an outdoor style lace, the Clarks Rambler a new classic from Clarks shoes. The Clarks Oberon boot is from the same design base as the Rambler with the Clarks Oberon boot featuring the same eylet and lace details. The rubber sole unit carries the ankle height boot style with raw cut seams stitched together to give the Clarks Originals Oberon boot an outdoors feel and appearance.
Clarks Originals Wallabee
Walking Across Five Decades.
The phrase " stop living in the past" may make sound sense at times. A strong argument against on this occasion is the re-issue of the archive Clarks Originals Wallabee. This is a style from the archive catalogue of Clarks of the 1960's which has shoe and boot versions of the Clarks Wallabee. The latest edition being carried by Henri Beene fashion style and design store is the classic brown leather version replicating the original Clarks Wallabee. This is a style of shoe that is appreciated by long standing fans, no pun intended and as well as a new generation appreciative of the design of the Clarks Originals Wallabee
