The 2 Monkeys ELASTOS Victorian Blue [TM01945]

Chelsea boots were one of the most worn shoes in England and America in the late 19th century (1850-1900). Chelsea boots, which emerged in the early 19th century (around 1830?), were marketed as new shoes that used recently industrialized elastic fabric on both sides of the ankle to provide a snug fit without laces. According to J. Sparkes Hall, who patented the shoe in England in 1851, Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901) wore them daily. The upper classes wore them with various decorations, while the middle classes seemed to wear simple black leather ones. It is conceivable that Ryoma Sakamoto, who traded with England at the time, wore such shoes. The 2 Monkeys Elastos is a short boot that can be worn all year round, even with casual styles, while incorporating the elegant style and details of Chelsea boots from that era. It incorporates many elements of boots from that period, including the side elastic type, such as the large V-shaped gore (elastic fabric) on both sides of the ankle, the design of a center seam that creates a curved instep without crimping, decorations with stitching and perforations that became the origin of modern brogues, and a cap with a protrusion towards the instep.

TM01945-26SS