/fa/ - Fashion

solovair

>>7657633
what the fuck?
Fake, more expensive DMs?

>>7657655
Shoe manufacturer R. Griggs Group Ltd. had the patent to produce Dr.Marten boots but not the technology so in 1960 Griggs and NPS collaborated to create a boot using a Solovair sole and a Griggs boot, the result was the now iconic Dr. Marten boot. The first pair leaving the NPS factory in 1960. NPS Shoes continued to make Dr. Marten boots and shoes under licence until the mid 90's. They patented the name Solovair in 1995 and now make their own air cushioned boot using the same lasts and leather cutters and machines used to create the first original Dr. Marten suspension soles in the UK.

Solovair and Tredair are some of the few remaining manufacturers of leather boots in the United Kingdom, although the products are hard to find, largely due to distribution issues. They have become popular among punks and skinheads seeking British-made boots, after Dr. Martens moved their main production to China in 2003.

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>>7657666
yeah I looked it up just after I posted.

I dunno if its just me but their yellow stiching seems a bit more jarring than even the DMs

>>7657670
they're more durable and don't have shitty ethics
if you care about neither just get docs

>>7657670
sharpie marka

>>7657666

don't bother. everyone will think you are wearing fake docs anyway.

>>7657683
Yeah that occurred to me too, oh I'm not OP btw

>>7657679
yes or you could just cop english made docs for roughly the same price with half the hassle of getting solovairs to the US

>also people won't think you're wearing fake docs

OP: i like my 1490s better than my 1460s but i suppose it depends how you wear them

>>7657683
>>7657692
OP here, yeah, I think the same; I'm still open to suggestion by the way.

(Also, feel free to use the thread for any boots related question, I forgot to write Boots General in the first post).

>>7657708
I usually wear them outside my pants; how's the difference in height of both type?

>>7657692
Do you really give a shit if people think your doc fucking martens are fake?
>>7657708
solovairdirect should be up and running again sometime next month, I've heard. I've been itching to buy a pair of dealer boots for a while now.

>>7657708
DM changed uk factories apparently and didn't make it well known, whereas solovair didn't
goodbye to trusted build quality
like I said, shitty ethics
it's probably still worth getting uk made ones over asian but apparently they only last a few years now

>>7657721

you should give a shit because if people assume they are fake they will think you are a poor cheapskate and treat you with less respect

>>7657732
I hate that you can get your docs resoled if you go with the For Life model, but not with any others. How does that make sense?

>>7657741
99% of people don't put that much thought into what shoes you're wearing, and wouldn't know the difference between fake and real even if they did give half a damn.

>>7657741
lmao
>letting ignorant common shitters influence how you dress
>to the point of tags on your fkn shoes

>>7657741
Nobody cares about you or what you're wearing, not to be cruel it's just reality. Which is great because if you don't live with the fear of other people judging you/inside your head over thinking everything you can basically do whatever you want.

Worst case scenario if you're wearing obvious fakes someone will snap a photo to share among their small social circle/network and then forget about it an hour later.

>>7657741
haha u fkin mong skins will respect solovairs more than shitty-ass chinese docs

ahahahahahha

>>7657767
This post should be the entire sticky.

just cop some jump boots. Cheaper and more rugged than Docs, if you're getting a fashion combat boot, get actual combat boots

>>7657802

docs were never combat boots you know. work boots. that's why they are so fugly.

>>7657683
>caring what plebs wearing cheap chinese made junk think

Buy the solo's OP, fuck doc martens

>>7657827

you are blinded by euphoria.

>>7657802
I like jump boots, but the military surplus boots and replicas look really cheap. What are the best ones to purchase in your opinion?

>>7657847
Corcoran pioneered them.
Bates I think has their current contract for the USAF, they have zippers which has utility

>>7657842
>letipsfedoramaymay
nice work

>wanting to wear shitty chinese crap
go ahead faggot, if that's all you can afford.

>>7657864
Thank you.

is doc martens and solovair sizing the same?

>>7657955
I've heard that Solovairs run a bit longer. They have a sizing chart on their website, go check it out.

Will someone identify these already? And no, they're not normal docs because they not nearly as chunky as any pair of docs I've seen.
100% perfect.

>>7658027
yes they are (imho)

>>7658110
this fit is so dope
im luvin it

>>7658110
i wanna fuk dat gurl if u know what i mean ;)

>>7658110
sleeves too long

>>7658141
they are suppose to be long

>>7657742
i think you just get a new pair of boots, not 100% sure though
also iirc they fit differently (bigger?) to normal docs

>>7658259
yeh but that doesn't mean they look good.

>>7658110