Sugar almond shades.brothel creepers and archbrowed attitude

Underground creepers provide the footwear story for Vogue UK Jan 2010 -rockabilly fillies, lace ,fifities costume jewllery and loads of pastels. Photography Ami Soiux ,Fashion Editor Lucinda Chambers and Emma Elwick .

Those aren’t just any old boots they’re Underground Boots

Wonderland Jan 10 Photography Mariano Vivanco Fashion Editor Way Perry

UNDERGROUND  STEEL CAP BOOTS available from Underground stockists including  Darkside at Camden High Street 0207 284 2174  ,  Trash and Vaudeville in New York and i.t in Hong Kong.

Qasimi Fall Winter 10 Paris

These are from our Underground Originals collection- brogue pattern boots with a heavy duty leather sole-and on duty at the Qasimi runway in Paris

….good news is, there is a very limited stock of this boot available now in boys and girls sizes -www.underground-cybershop.co.uk

I found my sole in NYC

For the many that have asked and for the many that will ask we have to tell you where you can find Undergound Shoes in NYC. Some of you may already know the place and if you dont then better go see for yourself to see what you are missing. Trash and Vaudeville on St Marks is an institution , believe me even the cab drivers will know where to take you.

Since the early days in the seventies when the Ramones and Debbie Harry were customers to the present day when you may spot  Agyness Deyn shoe shopping it is the Emporium of all that is rock , all that is punk and all that is Glam.

Best of all they stock an out of this world selection of Underground Creepers,winklepickers ,boots and the rest. Dont just take our word for it go see for yourself.

What’s buzzin cuzzin

Take a peek at these chrome plated Underground Brothel Creepers. Cool original design with the full crepe rubber sole . Stick a pair on ,put your foot to the floor and burn rubber as you speed from Nowheresville to Fat City in no time at all.

Underground in Hong Kong

 

Underground England  back in Hong Kong.

This season sees the arrival back in HK of some of the original Underground styles from England. Available only from a selected number of i.t stores will be the Underground Blitz Boot , iconic  steel cap boots and the Underground Creepers.

Available from the following outlets.

Shop LG2-30 Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue,Kowloon Tong,Kowloon

Shop 27 2/F Silvercord, 30 Canton Road , Tsimshatsui

Shop 412, Level 4 ,New Town Plaza Phase 1, Shatin, NT

GF 6-10 Cleveland Street, Causeway Bay

Underground in Paris

Blitz Boot by Underground

 

There are very few styles of footwear that bear a name derived directly from the style leaders that created the fashion. The Blitz Boot is amongst those few.

Since the early days of punk there were many of the followers that were more interested in style and dressing than the raw revolution of  anarchy. Emerging from the punk movement were a group of “ Posers” as they became known who set up the Bowie Night at Gossip. Attracting a huge crowd , the once a week club night soon had to move venue and soon found itself at the Blitz club . The popularity of the club continued to grow and those flocking there soon became known as “Blitz kids “.

 With a passion for music and fashion the Blitz kids set about creating their own flamboyant swashbuckling style .

 The winklepicker boots that had already enjoyed a punk renaissance were the perfect style to develop as a New Romantic Fantasy . Adorning the simple styles with buckles, straps and studs created fantasy styles for the Posers.

 The most popular style that emerged was a winklepicker ankle boot with a front zip partially covered by three straps and buckles that completed the new romantic look .A shoe version with zip and two straps and buckles soon followed. Their popularity amongst the Blitz kids ensured that they were soon being refered to as the “Blitz Boot “ and “ Blitz Shoe “. Not surprisingly Black was the key colour but the nu wave trend for bright colours extended to this style with Electric Blue, Red and White versions all  popular.

 The style made a brief curtain call in the mid 1990’s with the appearance of the small “Romo” scene.

 The eighties revival of  2009 has seen the popularity of the Underground Blitz Boot  boot re-established.

With the original pattern the three buckle boot in all colours established itself as a must have eighties classic.

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Put on your red shoes and dance the blues

So says David Bowie and I guess Red Boots will do the job all the same.   He was not alone with his ideas of red foot attire.  “the angels wanna wear my Red Shoes ” sang Elvis Costello and Kate Bush titled a song about them.  The Beatles ,the Cavern in Liverpool of course , but they also made an appearance at Two Red Shoes in Elgin (Northern Scotland )back  in 1963 .These days you might want to search out tour dates for Blood Red Shoes, awesome noisy mischief making band from  Brighton. www.myspace.com/bloodredshoes

Red shoes -THEY ROCK

thanks for the pic- www.weareyouneak.com  oh and the style in the photo is the Underground Red Leather Blitz Boot

Where did you get those Creepers ?

Now theres a question. Well if you are in London head down to Darkside at Camden High Street to choose from a big selection of these big soled wonder shoes. If thats to far then go online to www.underground-cybershop.co.uk. Johnny Comet  the creeper guru at the online store who will sort you out with a pair of your favourites. For other stockists just check our online stockist details.