Desert Boot

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Market Street Shoes when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Cultural cachet and design DNA: no shoe is quite like the Clarks Originals Desert Boot. Nathan Clark’s 1950 design was inspired by a rough boot from Cairo’s Old Bazaar, and its minimal, progressive style sparked a worldwide footwear revolution – worn by beatniks, mods, Britpop bands, and Jamaican rude boys, from Paris to Kingston, Tokyo to London. Every design detail today remains true to that first pioneering pair – here, the boot’s crafted, clean lines are enhanced with premium beeswax leather