This September, in the small town of Street, in the county of Somerset, 220 kilometers west of London, the Shoemakers Museum will open, a way to celebrate, glorify and put into historical, economic, industrial and cultural context a shoe brand that you have surely heard of and perhaps even worn. It is Clarks, a name with nostalgic resonances for a large number of Britons, but not only, who initially identify it with the first shoes they wore at school and later with a type of comfortable footwear with personality.

This year marks 65 years since Dr. Martens combined British footwear tradition with a new sole from Germany characterized by a cushioning system. The union of these two traits resulted in footwear ideal for withstanding long days of hard work: they didn't break and were more comfortable for workers than their predecessors. The first launch with which Dr. Martens combined durability and comfort was the 1460 boot, which was quickly adopted by workers and, 65 years later, is part of the image of major urban subcultures, which turned it into a global aesthetic icon.