Brothel creeper
The Brothel Creeper is a type of shoe.
It was originally invented by a company called George Cox and initially marketed under the Hamilton brand name which derived from George (Hamilton) Cox juniors' middle name. The Brothel Creeper was a big hit throughout the 1950s and 1960s and finally went into decline at the end of the decade. It was Malcolm McLaren who gave the shoe a new lease of life in the early 1970s when he began selling the shoes from his Let it Rock shop in London's Kings Road. The shoes were snapped-up by his Teddy Boy clientele and when Malcolm and his partner Vivienne Westwood decided to change the shop and its stock into a more Rocker-oriented fashion, the Brothel Creeper still proved to be popular amongst the customers. Finally it was adopted by the Punk Rockers as part of their Post Modernist attire.
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