Object number
2014/18/1-2
Creator
Description
Pair of wellington boots owned and used by Michael Eavis, dairy farmer and founder of Glastonbury Festival. The boots are green in colour, size 9.5 and manufactured by French firm Le Chameau. Thought to be the 'Vierzon' range boot, first desgined in 1965 and made in Pont d’Ouilly, Normandy, France.
Physical description
1 pair of boots: rubber, neoprene
Label Text
WELLIES // DETAILS // Categories Town and Country // Theme(s) Countryside, People, Weather and environment // Collection Clothing and Textiles // Date 2000-2014 // Object number 2014/18/1-2 // DESCRIPTION // Wellies are an essential part of English outdoor clothing. Come rain, flood, hail or snow, wellies will keep your feet warm and dry. These ones were owned and used by Michael Eavis, dairy farmer and founder of Glastonbury Festival. // Wellies were designed for people who worked in the countryside, but you’re now just as likely to see Kate Moss sporting a pair as a Somerset farmer. Glastonbury Festival turned the humble welly into a fashion item, as newspapers featured celebrities struggling through the infamous mud in their boots. // Michael Eavis, has introduced generations of mostly urban festival-goers to a unique version of the countryside. Glastonbury Festival is both town and country, with roads, paths, shops and communities temporarily planted on a patchwork of fields. // Michael’s own wellies were made in France by Le Chameau. He described them as ‘bloody good wellies.'
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note, Adam Koszary, 2014 - 'Notes of Michael Eavis's comments about the boots: Didn't have hunters, didn't care for them // Bloody good wellies // Soles are amazing // Recommended to him by doctor // Usually buys British but feet are important!'
Production place
Pont d'Ouilly
Production date
2000 - 2004
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Technique
Dimensions
- Height 430 mm
- Length 290 mm
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