The correct spelling would be Doc Martens, Dr. Martens boots. I first heard of these in about 1987 when I started getting into punk and goth. I recall my excitement when I finally managed to save up babysitting money and order a pair from England in 1989 when I was 13! haha They were 10 hole Docs in black, and later I had the 12 hole Oxblood red (which yes, were acceptable with dresses back then)! Most of my friends and classmates thought my boots were so weird but a few years later (about 1991-1992) the grunge era hit and everyone was wearing them. Then they started coming in brown and more conservative, low top styles. Docs were totally mainstream by the mid-90's.

My first were 12 Ox Blodd. I wore them w/a black & white betsy Johnson Mini Dress I bought from the BJ store in Chicago in 94. I also got the Docs across the streets at the Alley.

Wear them proudly!!http://www.marylandskinheads.com/

I still have Docs!! One of the most comfy shoe/boots around!!

Where I lived (Texas), Doc Martens were big from the very end of the 80s through the mid-90s. I know they'd been big long before that in the UK. I remember that in the early 90s they were everywhere, worn with everything. Big, clunky, utilitarian work shoes like them could update any outfit at the time, from a nice dress to shorts. And they peaked in popularity about the same time bike shorts peaked in popularity, so you saw people in sleek, lycra bike shorts on top with clunky, black DMs on bottom. They were never comfortable on my feet, but a lot of people thought they were really easy to wear. A female friend of mine at the time had a pair of black cherry knee-high DM boots that laced up to the knee with a really long tongue.

Docs were popular amongst the punk rock girls in the second half of the '80s, and caught on with the rest of us in late '80s and early '90s. I still miss my oxbloods!

Ive still got my original docs from early 90s i have worn them to everything of siginifcance, even to the birth of my sons, im still wearing them now. i have looked after them and fully reccommended that everyones feet deserves to have them on their feet x

Both, my daughter and I, represent our Docs! She dresses just like I used to and still do. I have the coolest kid!

In Seattle most people had John Fluevogs not Doc Martins. Still a great shoe store in the Northwest.

I have sparkaly blue doc martens and they rock they are awesome I love them They inspire me to go to middle School everyday and to not forget to be myself

I love my Doc Martens!! So stylish and comfortable!!

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