Fracap and Red Wing logos are also embossed on leather 😉

Iike them all.

/\ just had a look at my genuine fall 1979 Red Wing 875 Irish Setter Sport Boots in Oro-iginal reddish brown: no external logo anywhere, only a sewn-in tag on the inside of the gusseted tongue of the right boot ....

however, it should be noted that there were only a few dudes wearing Red Wings around the place, me, KB, AT, and a kid from Montana ....

a lot of the time I dressed like a hardcore rugged dirtbag with my Red Wings, Lincoln green Dickies workpants, and navy blue pocket tee

this was a scary look that contrasted strongly with the Fair Isle sweaters, 60/40 parkas, and Top-Siders of the clean-cut kids 

anyway, there was only one truly preppy boot in the late '70s, and that was the Bean Boot/Maine Hunting Shoe, and in second place would have been the Vasque Sundowner ....

neither Timberlands nor Red Wings were prevalent among the preps back then, unlike say the Bean blucher moc, which was a real identifier  .......

I just don't think those six inch timb boots look very good, match them with some oversized karl kani denim wear and it doesn't matter how good the music, it's always going to look pretty awful. There was quite a nice preppy crossover look at one point but good examples of this are few and far between

Last edited by Babbling Brooks (2017-11-28 15:29:22)