Clarks Court Lite Desert Boot Leather Boots In Olive

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The minimal lace-up style has a partially recycled EVA midsole and a breathable footbed for comfort and support.

A quick refresher on suede: when tanneries get their hides, they keep the top grain and split it off from the rest of the skin.He was stationed in what was then Burma in World War 2 and noticed that a lot of the soldiers there wore crepe-soled boots with suede uppers, a design originally made to be worn by soldiers fighting in Africa’s Western Desert Campaign. Of course, I can’t pretend to know exactly how sustainable the production of this inexpensive Vietnam-made boot really is. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. com does it, though of course you also have to ask whether the upper will last long enough for it to be worth the cost.

Clarks has been around since the 1820s, but they became world-renown after Nathan Clark launched the Desert Boot in 1950. I’d say it feels almost like a slipper, in that you can kind of feel it when you step on small rocks and pavement cracks when you’re out and about. They’re inexpensive shoes and a big upside to all that informality is that they’re pretty great in warm weather and while I might make enemies saying this, I think that so long as you can’t see your socks, they can be worn with shorts. Yeah, they look good – no doubt about that – but they are so damn uncomfortable to wear for an extended period.You’d think these would be hard to resole, but these are a combination rapid stitch and cemented sole and it’s actually not uncommon for a cobbler to be able to resole Desert boots.

I wouldn’t take them on a hike or anything like that—the soft rubber on bottom means you can definitely feel any rocks underneath you. Embedded with Clarks DNA, the heritage-inspired CourtLite Hi has a double but seam and stitch detail in the dark olive nubuck for a crafted look.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.