Ugg Boots – A History

Ugg boots or Uggs are terms used to describe a type of sheepskin boot that has been made for the last 200 years in Australia and New Zealand. Although Ugg is now a trademarked brand, these boots have always been known as ugg, ug or ugh. These terms comes from Australian slang meaning ugly.

These boots are the ultimate in comfort. They have a soft, Australian Merino Sheepskin, which means that the boots fits snugly, is cozy and feels more like a sock than a shoe. However, the outside is rugged enough to be suitable for outside use. With the sheepskin lining you would expect that you feet would get uncomfortably hot in the hot months. Although the plush lining does insulate your feet in the winter, in the summer perspiration is lost from your feet due to the natural fibers of the lining. This means they are perfect for all seasons.

In Australia and New Zealand a large proportion of people would never have worn ugg boots in public. However, in the 1970’s a group of surfers living and surfing in Perth, on the Western coast of Australia, started wearing them and they soon became a symbol of the Australian surfing lifestyle.

This craze in ugg boots soon spread across the country and groups of surfers on the East Coast soon adopted them as their choice of boots to wear on the beach. As surfers from Australia traveled around the world they took their ugg boots with them and the craze soon took over other surfing communities, such as in Southern California. Around this time, the former Baywatch actress began wearing Ugg boots while filming in California to keep her legs warm and this too helped to increase their popularity in America.

These days, Ugg boots have become an ultra fashionable staple of many people’s wardrobes. From the beaches in California, to the ski resorts in Europe. With this increase in popularity, Ugg boots are easily available around the world since many companies now import them from Australia. However, with this availability comes many fakes with people trying to cash in on the popularity and so you must always know what you are looking for so you don’t end up with as look-alike product. The thing to look for are a well-made boot made from 100% Australian Merino sheepskin. Imitations of these boots can be made of cow-suede with off cuts of sheepskin inner fleece. However, the cow-suede cannot breathe as sheepskin does and this means that you can end up with feet that sweat and end up smelling!

Ugg boots are available to both men and women. However, now they are such a fashionable item of clothing more women then men actually buy them. Importers and Manufacturers have caught onto this and now produce boots that are aimed at the female market with a variety of colors such as pale pink and baby blue.

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Jane Jones writes for http://www.a1uggboots.com and has a passion for ugg boots owning 5 pairs.


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Written by: Jane Jones