Beatle boot

Beatle boots are a direct descendant of the Chelsea boot, but have an even more pointed toe—compare the slightly earlier winklepickers—and a centre seam stitch running from ankle to toe, and the flamenco boot, from which its Cuban heel was derived. Beatle boots originated in 1958, but in October 1961 English musicians John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney saw Chelsea boots whilst in Hamburg, being worn by a London band, and then went to the London footwear company Anello & Davide to commission four pairs (with the addition of Cuban heels) for the Beatles, to complement their new suit image upon their return from Hamburg.^[4]

Beatle boots were very popular with rock bands and artists during the late 1950s, but started to decline during the late 1960s. They were worn by subcultures such as teddy boys, beatniks, rockers and psyches etc. The boots saw a surge of popularity during the punk movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s but again started to decline throughout the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} During the late 2000s and early 2010s the boots have seen a steady surge in popularity.

Non-fictional

Fictional

• Riff Raff from the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show^[12]
• Austin Powers, from the Austin Powers series^[13]
• Ned Flanders, from The Simpsons^[14]
• Sid from Hey Arnold!^[15]
• Starfleet officers in Star Trek: The Original Series^[16]
• Eddie Dean from Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.

• Pointed shoes
• Chelsea boots
• 1960s in fashion
• Music and fashion

• Chelsea Boot/Beatle Boot: The Origin, The Story & The Legacy
• John Lennon's Beatle Boot, at Google Arts & Culture