Doc Martens are a style ... up 70% in 2018 to '19. So how did the company go from its humble beginnings to producing 7 million pairs of these shoes each year? Before they got their punk image ...

the leather lace-up style became a staple of British working-class culture made popular by The Who's Pete Townsend. In the '70s, Dr. Martens boots took over, especially among the punk crowd ...