Record details
| Shoe style | Derby |
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| Style description |
A Derby is a laced shoe or boot with an open front. The area around the eyelets is stitched on top of the front part of the shoe - known as the vamp. |
| Shoe description | This leather Derby boot was manufactured by Northampton company Manfield and Sons, 1890s. |
| Style example 1 | Men's Derby shoe. Manufactured by Trickers, Northampton. 2010. |
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| The Derby style can be either a boot or a shoe. It was probably developed from the Blucher army boot, but no one really knows how it got its name. It was known as a Gibson in the United States. | |
| Style example 2 | Men’s grained leather Derby shoes. Manufactured by Manfield and Sons, Northampton. 1930s. |
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The boot and shoe trade journal St Crispin’s Magazine stated in 1872 that ‘The Derby a new tie shoes better than the Oxonian as the seam is not near the tender part of the foot.’ |
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| Style example 3 | Pair of cherry red Dr Marten boots. Manufactured by R. Griggs and Co, Wollaston, Northamptonshire. 1989. |
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The Derby and Oxford are two 19th century styles that have gone on to be the basis of many men’s and women’s shoes and boots to the present day. A version is the Dr Marten boot. This classic cherry red pair are from 1989. |