Moon Boot Explained
Moon Boot should not be confused with moon shoes.
Moon Boot is a snow boot brand first created as après-ski wear in the early 1970s by manufacturer Tecnica Group of Giavera del Montello in Italy.[1]
History
They became a popular fad in the years following the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and resurfaced as a retrofuturistic fashion trend in the early 2000s.[2] [3] Starting in 2011 they have been produced in Ukraine, at the rate of some 700,000 per year.
The boot is constructed with a thin rubber outsole and cellular rubber midsole covered by nylon fabrics and using polyurethane foams. Company founder Giancarlo Zanatta, after watching the lunar landing and being inspired by the shape and technology of the astronauts' boots, drew sketches and then began to design and develop the original Moon Boot. Tecnica registered worldwide the trademark Moon Boot name in 1978.
In pop culture
- In the 1984 music video for "Last Christmas" by Wham!, some of the cast are wearing Moon Boots
- In 2004, they received exposure through the nerdy protagonist of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.[4]
- In 2022, Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber posted pictures on social media wearing Moon Boots.[5]
- In 2022, in the episode "Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" of the Netflix series Stranger Things, they appear as contraband smuggled to Russia
External links
Notes and References
- News: Der "Moonboot" kommt künftig aus der Ukraine. https://web.archive.org/web/20110820010428/http://www.wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/der-moonboot-kommt-kuenftig-aus-der-ukraine-470740/index.do . 20 August 2011 . Taroni. Micaela. 4 May 2011. WirtschaftsBlatt. 24 January 2012.
- News: Ruth. La Ferla. 2018-10-02. Moon Boots Back on Earth.
- Book: Gael Fashingbauer. Cooper. Brian. Bellmont. Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s. Penguin. 7 June 2011. 9781101515990. Google Books.
- News: Wood. Jennifer. 28 August 2014. Gosh! An Oral History of 'Napoleon Dynamite'. Rolling Stone. 2018-10-02.
- Web site: Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber Wore the 'It' Snow Boots of the Moment With Bikinis. 2022-01-27. www.yahoo.com. en-US.
