DR MARTEN MAACY MARYJANE

What's better than a sweet, innocent Mary Jane shoe? One that's made in the classic Dr. Martens style. We've dressed up the quintessential grade-school shoe with a T-bar hook-and-eye strap and glossy patent leather. Because what smart girl wants to wear a plain old Mary Jane when they could rock the sass of Dr. Martens—yellow stitching, side grooves and all? Dr. Martens is the stuff of legends. It all began near Munich, Germany in 1945 when Dr. Klaus Maertens injured his foot in a skiing accident in the Bavarian Alps. To make walking easier during the healing process, he designed a shoe with an air-cushioned sole. Using old rubber tires, he constructed soles that had air trapped within closed compartments. He showed his prototype to his engineer/inventor friend, Dr. Herbert Funck, and together they decided to develop and produce the shoes. Not only did the shoe solve the doctor's immediate problem, but it also started to sell well in Germany. By 1959 the two decided that they needed a company to produce and distribute the shoes, then called Dr. Maertens, in other parts of the world. These were used as a dress shoe so worn only 3x in excellent condition!