In the 1950s and 1960s, Chelsea boots became popular in the UK – and their association with the King´s Road(a street in Chelsea and Fulham in inner western London) set of Swinging London – worn by everyone from the Rolling Stones to Jean Shrimpton – is believed to explain how the name Chelsea became attached to the boot.

An iconic boot of the 1960s Britain worn by everyone from the Rolling Stones to Jean Shrimpton. Stylish and contemporary Chelsea boots will quickly become your favorite work to weekend shoe.

We can all recall the fuss when Jean Shrimpton, an English supermodel, appeared at Melbourne’s Derby Day in 1965. Miss Shrimpton wore a white shift mini-dress, slightly above knee level....

2024年11月28日 · Nowhere was this more apparent than in London’s hip Chelsea neighborhood, where everyone from The Beatles to The Rolling Stones to Jean Shrimpton wore them with mod skinny pants and floppy hair.

2023年3月29日 · This group, which included well-known fashion icons Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, started favoring the Paddock boots and soon they began to be considered the ultimate leisure accessory and hence were renamed Chelsea Boots.

2020年10月18日 · It was during the 1950’s and 60’s in Swinging London, and it’s popularity around King’s Road in the Chelsea district, that model became known as Chelsea boots. They were worn on celebrities like Rolling Stones, Jean Shrimpton and of course The Beatles (another name popularly used especially at that time was Beatle boots).

2024年10月4日 · This bohemian group was often called the “Chelsea Set” by the media. The group and area became a media focus as an epicentre of fashion and culture. It included fashion icons like Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, who favoured Chelsea boots and considered them the ultimate leisure accessory.

2009年11月11日 · This group, which included well-known fashion icons Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, started favoring the Paddock boots and soon they began to be considered the ultimate leisure accessory and hence were renamed to Chelsea Boots.

The boots are widely associated with the fashion of the King’s Road in Chelsea and were made iconic by The Beatles, Jean Shrimpton and The Rolling Stones. J. Sparkes Hall, one of Queen Victoria’s bootmakers, designed Chelsea boots so that they are easy to pull on and off – originally for walking and horseback riding.

2012年1月24日 · NOT only a true Sixties style icon, Jean Shrimpton has been credited with some monumental fashion firsts - she has been dubbed one of the first supermodels, one of the first to launch the mini skirt and one of David Bailey's first muses.