They are the most fashionable footwear for the winter of 2011. An unexpected success for a boot with nearly 200 years of existence.
The origin of the wellie boot is a noble one unlike as it may seem. Thanks to the ingenuity of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington in 1817. The English gentleman, a very practical man, asked that military boots were adapted. The new model had a shorter spout and was more comfortable to use. The transition from leather to rubber happened in 1853, with the vulcanization process developed by Charles Goodyear. The popularity of the shoes came with the soldiers in World War I, who wore the boots in the trenches of France. For centuries this utility footwear was confined to certain professional areas. It was the standard footwear of the farmers, officials of cold storage and cleaning. Did you know that before Nokia was a worldwide leader in the telecommunications they were selling wellies?
In Madeira, the common term to designate this footwear is water boots. A denomination that arose by the deformation of words boots for water, mainly wore when farmer proceeded to the irrigation of their lands. In Brazil, there is an expression that is the boring of galoshes, which according to a professor of Portuguese language and philology at the University of São Paulo, Valter Kehdi, this is a very annoying and inconvenient person. The idiom associated with galoshes, due to the fact that this is an annoying resistant person, such as boots.
The boots after 195 years of obscurity were recently rehabilitated in the international catwalks. They come in several colors, with very different patterns and with a more contemporary design. They are the shoes for this winter. The boots are not only water resistant but last forever, as they always look good in the country side or in the city.
