Because I'm still such a hopeless slave to juvenile cliché (despite my advancing years), I do still wear Doc Martens, but this latest ad campaign (thank you, Idolator) kinda makes me want to shun them once and for all. Beyond being oddly tasteless and frankly stupid, they're sort've glaringly revisionist. I mean, I honestly never gave a good crap about Kurt Cobain, but I cannot recall a single photograph of him ever wearing Doc Martens. Same goes for Joey Ramone, obviously (who was strictly a canvas sneaker man, as far as I know). This whole thing is just so undignified. At this point, who cares about Sid Vicious, but Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone deserve better.
Ugh.
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