These boots were part of punk's "uniform." The best ones were obtained from surplus stores and had steel tips.
As in "Young Urban Professional" or "Young Upwardly Professional."
You had a matching stonewashed jacket if you were really cool!
These MC Hammer-style pants were sold under the brand names "Zubaz" and "Skidz."
Surprising, but true? It makes you question what our descendants will think about our surgically implanting artificial lumps in our chests, getting fat sucked from our stomachs, piercing holes in our tongues, nipples and genitals, and other modern fashions; perhaps some of our forefathers' actions weren't so bad after all! All for the sake of fashion!
They were also supposed to make use of leeches and black cow blood.