Brothel creepers are a kind of shoes that found their beginnings in the years following World War II, as soldiers based in the deserts in North Africa wore suede boots with hardwearing crepe soles because of the climate and environment. Having left the army, many of these ex-soldiers found their way to the nightspots of London wearing the same crepe-soled shoes and these became known as Brothel Creepers.
The brothel creeper regained popularity in the early 1970s when they begun tho be sold them by Malcolm McLaren from his Let it Rock shop in London's King Road.
After that, creepers have been mostly sold in Camden Town (London) because of the punk and goth hint they begun to have.
Last winter creepers have come back to catwolks.
And even though it's a very hard shoe to wear because of its punk backgroung, is becoming to hit the collections of the most trendy fashion designers.
And they are slowly becoming the new black.
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