Leather boots were worn as early as the nineteenth century, but they didn’t really become a fashion item until the 1960s. In the 1970s they became popular in the mainstream and have been ever since. The 1960s saw the first appearance of leather boots as a high street item. This was despite a rise in the price of leather, which had made cheap plastic boots briefly popular. The disadvantages of this artificial material were quickly obvious and leather became the material of choice for fashion designers. Read more [...]