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Crockett & Jones’ “Chelsea” also fits the bill, what side-gore boots were created by the British royal family?
Many of you may be familiar with the name Chelsea Boots, but this is actually a term of endearment, and the official name is Side Gore Boots. Side gore boots, as the name suggests, are mainly short boots with an elastic gusset (gore) attached to the side of the boot tube. Side gore boots are positioned as a casual item in the modern age, as many functional items such as all-rubber rain boot types have appeared, and even leather boots use rubber soles with high gripping power. However, it is believed that they originally originated from dress shoes associated with the British royal family.
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The trigger for their birth was a request from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom in the 1830s. As a result, short boots with side gores were developed as dress shoes that could be put on and taken off without laces and fit feet better than ladies’ pumps. The finished product, with its unprecedented design and high functionality, caught the eye of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, and side gore boots for men were born, designed with a lower heel and slightly longer than women’s boots. The side-gore boots for men were also created, with a lower heel and slightly longer length than women’s boots, and they became a trendy item nicknamed “Albert boots. Many of the side gore boots in circulation today are designed after the Albert boot.
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Side gore boots were worn by Ryoma Sakamoto!
The side gore boot, which was born in the 1830s, became popular in the United States under the nickname “Congressional Boots,” and its popularity increased as its distribution spread from the United Kingdom to countries around the world. The wave of popularity reached Japan as well, and the shoes Ryoma wears with his hakama in the most famous photograph of Sakamoto Ryoma are also side-gore boots. In the most famous photo of Ryoma Sakamoto, he is wearing side gore boots with his hakama (Japanese traditional Japanese male dress).
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Why are side gore boots called “Chelsea boots”?
It is actually only in recent decades that side gore boots have come to be recognized as a fashion item by a wide range of people. It all started in the 1960s when young artists in the Chelsea district of London, the capital of England, took notice of side-gore boots. Side gore boots, which had previously been worn as formal shoes, quickly spread to the younger generation, and they became popular as a rock item that showed rebelliousness and became famous as the ” Chelsea boot. The Beatles, the most famous of the favorite Chelsea artists, wore them as a uniform for their members, and many music videos and artist photos still show them wearing side-gore boots. Because of this legacy, side-gore boots are still called “Chelsea boots” to this day.
