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Blundstone Footwear (/ ˈ b l ʌ n d s t ən / BLUND-stən) [1] is an Australian footwear brand, based in Hobart, Tasmania, with most manufacturing being done overseas since 2007. The company's best-known product is its line of laceless, elastic-sided, ankle-length boots .
Blundstone elastic sided boots. An Australian work boot (or generically elastic-sided boot) is a style of work shoe, typically constructed with a leather upper bound together with elastic sides and pull tabs on the front and back of the boot. The shoe lacks a tongue, and laces, and often contains a steel toe cap for occupational health and ...
Shell cordovan, cordovan, or cordwain is a type of tanned leather commonly used in high-end shoemaking. Cordovan is an equine material made from the superficial fascia (or shell) of the lower layers of the hide on the rump of a horse. [1] The material derives its name from the city of Cordoba, Spain, which was long known as a center of leather ...
Self-tying shoes (also known as self-lacing or power laces) are designed to automatically tighten once the user puts them on. Such types of " smart shoes " were initially depicted in the 1989 science fiction film Back to the Future Part II .
Ferdinand Victor Blundstone (1882–1951) was a Swiss-born sculptor who worked in England. His father was Charles Blundstone, an India rubber merchant who was born in Manchester , England. [ 1 ] He studied at the South London Technical Art School and Royal Academy Schools .
Olive drab is variously described as a "A brownish-green colour" (Oxford English Dictionary); [5] "a shade of greenish-brown" (Webster's New World Dictionary); [6] "a dark gray-green" (MacMillan English dictionary); "a grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray" (American Heritage Dictionary); [7] or "A dull but fairly strong gray-green color" (Collins English Dictionary).
Lugz is a footwear brand owned by Jack Schwartz Shoes, LLC (JSS). The brand was established in October 1993, and became wildly famous with the African American Community because of Mike Otwell who aimed toward the urban fashion consumer.
Pantone 448 C is a colour in the Pantone colour system. Described as a "drab dark brown" and informally dubbed the "ugliest colour in the world", it was selected in 2012 as the colour for plain tobacco and cigarette packaging in Australia, after market researchers determined that it was the least attractive colour.