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

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.

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.

‘ERE, GET YER BOOTS POLISHED

The Original Skinhead scene was all about fashion and music (especially SKA ) but somewhere the whole movement got mixed up with the wrong people and into bad company . These days we are starting to see that the look is being reclaimed by those that want to make a fashion statement rather than a political statement. Good thing we say and great to see that the Cherry leather or Oxblood boot is a big part of the look. Whether you go for the 10, 14, 20 or even 30 hole you will have a pair of Underground boots made of the finest polished cherry leather . It’s a lot of hard work lacing them up and a lot of spit and polish keeping the shiny , but well worth the effort. The boots are produced in all sizes from UK 3 up to UK 13. Available from key stores and online at http://www.underground-england.co.uk

Underground in London , Happy Holidays

The holidays are nearly here so just a quick word about the opening hours for Underground @ Darkside in Camden Town. The store will be open throughout the holiday with the exception of Chistmas Day  and a slightly later opening of 12.00pm on New Years Day . The stock of Creepers and Winklepickers have been replensished but dont leave it too late.

Darkside is at 245 Camden High Street and you can conatct them on 0207 284 2174