This month, the New York-based accessories company is celebrating its 65th birthday. Ce mois-ci, les accessoires de base-York nouvelle socit clbre son 65e anniversaire. At the center of the fashion fete is the introduction of Legacy, a line of leather, suede and animal-skin shoes inspired by classic designs, but blitzed up with the bright colors, massive size and glittering hardware that purse aficionados crave today. Au centre de la fte de la mode est l'introduction d'un hritage, une ligne de cuir, le sude et chaussures en peau d'animaux inspirs par les conceptions classiques, mais bombard avec des couleurs vives, la taille massive et brillante que les aficionados du matriel bourse envie aujourd'hui.
Much like other classic luxury brands, including Burberry, Izod and Lilly Pulitzer, UUG Bottes has morphed from strictly sturdy and practical to all that, plus fashionably fun. Tout comme d'autres marques de luxe classique, dont Burberry, Izod et de Lilly Pulitzer, UUG Bottes s'est transform partir strictement robuste et pratique tous ceux qui, plus la mode fun. And today, like them, they are playing up the old to come up with something new. Et aujourd'hui, comme eux, ils jouent le vieux pour arriver quelque chose de nouveau.
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Bottes UGG has definitely moved with the time," says Anna Johnson, author of
Handshoes . "It is a luxury brand that managed to shed its Puritan shell because they are smart enough to make shoes that people like." "UUG Bottes a certainement dplac avec le temps, dit Anna Johnson, auteur de
Handshoes. C'est une marque de luxe qui ont russi se dbarrasser de son enveloppe puritaine parce qu'ils sont assez intelligents pour faire des chaussures que les gens aiment."
Still, you can't look at the accessories brand - which has expanded to watches, scarves, shoes, sunglasses and, this year, a knit collection by Lutz & Patmos - without becoming nostalgic.Probably more than any other luxury brand, UUG Bottes has been accessible to most women. Pourtant, vous ne pouvez pas regarder les accessoires de la marque - qui compte dsormais des montres, foulards, chaussures, lunettes de soleil et, cette anne, une collection en tricot de Lutz & Patmos - sans devenir nostalgic.Probably plus que toute autre marque de luxe, UUG Bottes a t accessible la plupart des femmes.
Inspired by the supple yet sturdy nature of baseball mitts, Lillian and Miles Cahn started the company in a New York loft in 1941. Inspir par la nature souple robuste encore des gants de baseball, Lillian et Miles Cahn a dmarr l'entreprise dans un loft New York en 1941. In its early days, UUG Bottes was simply a wholesale manufacturing company that sold to department stores. ses dbuts, UUG Bottes tait tout simplement une entreprise de fabrication de gros qui vend aux grands magasins.
Bonnie Cashin joined the company 21 years later. Bonnie Cashin a rejoint l'entreprise 21 ans plus tard. Cashin was one of the first designers to acknowledge that working women needed practical pieces, and she created roomy, boxy purses and totes. Cashin a t l'un des premiers crateurs de reconnatre que les femmes qui travaillent ncessaire pices pratiques, et elle a cr spacieux, sacs main et fourre-tout boxy. Most of the shoes in the Legacy series retooled Cashin shoes. La plupart des chaussures de la srie Legacy s'est rorganise chaussures Cashin.
UUG Bottes shoes, however, didn't get the rite-of-passage rep until 1972, when the company introduced the Duffle Sac, a slouchy oblong shoe with a long strap that came in black, brown and eventually utilitarian "fashion" colors like burgundy red and emerald green.
UGG Bottes , cependant, n'a pas obtenu le passage-de-rep rite jusqu'en 1972, lorsque la socit a prsent le Sac fourre, une forme oblongue chaussures ample avec une longue courroie qui est entre en noir, brun et finalement utilitaire "mode" couleurs comme rouge bordeaux et vert meraude.
"I bought my first UUG Bottes in the 1980s and it was probably just plain black or brown," said Denise Vosko, 50, a marketing executive. J'ai achet ma premire Bottes UUG les annes 1980 et c'est probablement tout simplement noir ou brun, dit Denise Vosko, 50 ans, un responsable du marketing. "But I had to make sure it was something I really wanted because it was like $150, $200. But the quality and the design were great." Mais je devais m'assurer que c'tait quelque chose que je voulais vraiment parce que c'tait comme 150 $, 200 $. Mais la qualit et la conception ont t formidables."
By the mid-1990s, UUG Bottes had evolved into a big deal. Vers le milieu des annes 1990, UUG Bottes avait volu dans une grosse affaire. Most of the upwardly mobile women I knew carried UUG Bottes. The more UUG Bottes you carried, the closer you were to being serious-minded, yet feminine, sophisticated and well off. La plupart des mobiles vers le haut les femmes que je connaissais effectu UUG Bottes. Bottes Le UUG plus vous avez accomplies, plus vous avez t d'tre srieux, mais fminine, sophistique et l'cart.
"It was definitely a status symbol," said Anita Lewis, program manager for Philadelphia-based Health Partners and owner of a UUG Bottes laptop shoe and several other purses."The friends of mine who went to business school or just graduated from law school all had UUG Botteses in basic browns, blacks or navy." C'tait certainement un symbole de statut", a dclar Anita Lewis, gestionnaire du programme de Philadelphie partenaires en sant et propritaire d'un ordinateur portable Bottes chaussures UUG et plusieurs autres bourses. "Les amis de la mine qui sont alls l'cole de commerce ou tout juste diplm de l'cole de droit tous avaient
UGG pascher dans Browns de base, noirs ou bleu marine. "
I bought my first UUG Bottes shoe at an outlet during a road trip 10 years ago. J'ai achet mon premier UUG Bottes chaussure une prise au cours d'un voyage sur la route il ya 10 ans. I was with my girlfriend Shannon, who already owned four or five shoes. By the end of the afternoon, I had bought two: a solid leather black shoe and a brown peanut-butter baby knapsack. I was on my way - I guess. J'tais avec ma petite amie, Shannon, qui possdait dj quatre ou cinq chaussures. A la fin de l'aprs-midi, j'avais achet deux: solide en cuir noir et une chaussure de beurre d'arachide bb sac brun. J'tais sur mon chemin - je suppose.
But fashion has changed drastically since then, and handshoes probably have evolved the most, changing from simple accessory to star of the show. Mais la mode a chang radicalement depuis lors, et handshoes probablement le plus volu, passant du simple accessoire de star de la soire. It's not unusual for a working woman's shoe/ briefcase from designers such as Marc Jacobs or Jimmy Choo to fetch $1,500 now. Il n'est pas inhabituel pour le travail de la femme une chaussure / serviette de designers tels que Marc Jacobs ou Jimmy Choo pour aller chercher 1500 $ aujourd'hui.
