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Originally Posted by urbandreamer
I always wore "TSC wellies" aka red-soled rain boots as a kid. And mucking about on the farm. Now I wear them to look like a hipster. Hunter is a Scottish wellie brand that became over-played with the fashion crowd about 6-8 years ago, like Crocs, Burberry etc. Yawn. My parents wore them unironically in England c.1960s. I guess they've finally trickled down to the facebook suburbs of North America?
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I'm not sure if your 6-8 year time frame pre-dates their arrival here. I only know from personal experience that they've definitely been popular here for 4-5 years. And they were so established here at that point I'd be surprised if they hadn't already been here a while before that.
The difference is they definitely have staying power here - probably because of the climate. You don't need another type of winter boot, and they work for spring and fall as well.
That rest, though - you really think Toronto is that far ahead? And influential? Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything in fashion that came from Toronto. Is there any brand or style popular there that you think I couldn't get a picture of here?
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These were the duckies that I had to wear growing up.
I shuddered Googling pictures of those.