Sunday, February 15, 2015

Frye Style Boots In The UK in 1977

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I am certain that you are breathlessly following the groundbreaking work that AndyP and I are doing to identify, quantify and rationalize the divergence of popular boot styles in the US and UK during the 70's. It is clear that during that turbulent decade the platform boot was more popular in the UK, while the Frye-style boot was more popular on the western side of the Atlantic.
This is not an absolute. A look at The Runaways and Stevie Nicks shows that the side-zip, knee scraping, tight-to-the-leg boot was not completely foreign to American legs. Conversely, the first season of the BBC series Citizen Smith (1977) shows that English feet were sometimes shod in casual earthtone, pull-on knee high boots with a rounded toe and solid heel & sole.
While these boots are most certainly not a product of the Frye bench, they certainly fit the mold. A textbook pair of Fryes would likely have a heel that was 1/2 an inch or so taller, and a sole that was a fraction thicker. But these are difference that would likely only be noticed by a true boot hobbyist.
I also think the rest of her outfit is worth noting. To my eyes her clothes are more One Day At A Time/Nancy Drew than they are Dr Who.
Please also note a very quick de-booting scene. 
Sorry no youtube 

3 comments:

  1. I'm not sure what impresses me most... that you've found evidence for Frye type boots in the UK during the seventies, or that you're introducing the awesome "Citizen Smith" to a US audience. Power to the People!

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  2. I managed to impress my wife by giving her her first pair of Fryes for Christmas. I got her black Carmen X Stitch Tall: http://www.6pm.com/frye-carmen-x-stitch-tall-black-dakota?zhlfid=139&kpid=29464684&kpid=29464684

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  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md4lAM6rEQM

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