Bovver boot

They have been considered as offensive weapons used by hooligans for kicking opponents while street fighting.

[1][2] The boots became known in the late 1960s in the United Kingdom, and continue to be a fashion statement associated with rebellion.

[16] Punk fashion and the "years of teenage boot-wearing rebellion" since the 1960s gave way to trainers, with the arrival of Britpop in the mid-1990s.

[18] The journalist Laura Barton wrote in The Guardian in 2008: "After years in the wilderness, the bovver boot is back".

[8] The journalist Karen Kay wrote in The Express in 2010 that "Dr Martens boots" have been worn by The Clash, The Cure, Madness, Madonna, the Spice Girls, The Sex Pistols, Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani.