Doc Martens: 50 Years of Butt-Kicking Style

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The death of the Doctor's ubiquity came at the heel of Carrie Bradshaw's stiletto. Sex and the City's shoe fetishism was distinctly anti–combat boot. In 1996, however, there was still nothing wrong with a leading lady showing a little boot, as Uma Thurman proved in The Truth About Cats and Dogs. And in 1998, five months before Sex turned Manolo Blahnik into a household name, Kate Winslet wore her vintage Docs (and thumb ring) with pride.

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