With the help of his engineer friend, Dr. Funk, the doctor Dr. Maertens had in fact made a comfortable shoe with a sole with air pillow to relieve his injured foot after a snow holiday. Grugs contacted Dr. Maertens: a plan was developed, the name was English and finally together they created a legend, born on April 1, 1960.

The "1.4.60" shoe immediately became an icon for many musical currents, such as punk in the 1970s until the grunge in the nineties. The Dr. Martens carry tied or unscrupulous, dirty or shiny. True allegory of individual expression, these shoes let themselves be customized at will.