Ugg boots

Short length Ugg boots.

Ugg boots, or simply uggs, is a generic term for a type of sheepskin boot which has been made in Australia and New Zealand for nearly 200 years. They were originally called ug boots or ugh boots, from the Aussie slang ug meaning "ugly"[1]; however, the American importer Koolaburra introduced the idea that the name comes from the way it "hugs" the foot and leg.

In Australia and New Zealand, this comfortable, warm footwear has been adopted by social groups such as bogans, westies, and bevans as acceptable in public. Most other Australians only wear ugg boots around the house, or at the most trips no further than the local corner shop. The boots have also been popular with surfers and competitive swimmers since at least the 1960s, for keeping warm while out of the water.

Although many popular Australian actors have probably worn ugg boots in private at some point, it was a Canadian, Pamela Anderson, who started wearing ugg boots acquired in Australia to keep her legs warm between takes for the television show Baywatch, and it was this that may well have originally spurred interest in these boots in America.

For a time in 2003-2004 these boots were very fashionable in the U.S., partly due to marketing by an American company, Ugg Australia, a branch of Deckers Outdoor Corporation. Brian Smith created the Ugg brand, importing them to the US in the late seventies. He sold the company to Deckers Outdoors in 1985. Actress Kate Hudson wore a pair of ugg boots on the poster for the mid-2004 movie Raising Helen.

In Canada, Ugg boots have become immensely popular footwear amongst females at many Ontario universities. Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Western Ontario, among many others, are known for their high percentage of females sporting said garment. The boots have also become popular on some U.S. campuses. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many female students from the U.S.'s east coast wear uggs and this clothing style, among others, has caused some of the other students to label such people "coasties." [2]

Although ugg boots are generally available worldwide in sizes for both men and women, and styles are virtually identical, more women than men currently wear them, at least in the US. This has given rise to colors (lavender, pastels) targeted at the female market.

Trademark issues

For a time, Deckers Outdoor Corporation was able to trademark "ugg boot" even though it is a generic term in Australia and through international copyright agreements were able to limit the term's use even in Australia. They were successful suing other ugg importers, most notably Koolaburra, the largest US importer of ugg boots still made in Australia. Deckers' Ugg Australia, Emu, Old Friend, and Aussie Dogs are all made in China (a few models may still be made in New Zealand). Unfortunately, that meant plenty of authentic ugg boots could not be so named by US retailers. Recently, however, small boot manufacturers in Australia were able to get the term removed from the Australian trademark registry, returning it to a generic term.[3]

References

  1. ^ History of the Ugg boot
  2. ^ Megan Toohey (November 14, 2005), "Ugg boots, private dorms make out-of-state UW students target of teasing", JS Online
  3. ^ Alyssa Braithwaite (January 17, 2006), "Aussies reclaim the ugg boot", News.com.au

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