Rebekah Walker
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Fringe Arts
Dr. Martens: Laced with history
Designed as sturdy, practical workwear, Docs became popular among the working class, especially factory workers, postal employees and police officers. But by the 1970s and ’80s, Docs had been adopted by a host of British subcultures, from punk to goth to grunge.
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Fringe Arts
Christian symbols, pagan roots
Dubbed “syncretism,” pagan influence is present in the iconography of Catholic churches across Montreal.