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Ugg boots (sometimes called uggs)〔 is a term for a unisex style of sheepskin boot in Australia and New Zealand. The boots are typically made of twin-faced sheepskin with fleece on the inside, a tanned outer surface and a synthetic sole. The term "ugg boots" originated from Australia, initially as utilitarian footwear worn for warmth, and were often worn by surfers during the 1960s. In the 1970s, the boots were introduced to the surf culture of the United Kingdom and the United States. Sheepskin boots, branded as "ugg boots" emerged as a fashion trend in the U.S. in the early 1980s, went out of fashion then back into fashion in the first decade of the 2000s, and as a world-wide trend in the mid-2000s. In Australia, they are worn predominantly as slippers and often associated with "daggy" fashion sense, and "bogan" culture.〔 Noteworthy Australian manufacturers of ugg boots include Luda Productions (which has roughly 75 percent of the market share in Australia), EMU Australia, and Uggs-N-Rugs. Ongoing legal disputes between some manufacturers of sheepskin boots persist to distinguish whether "ugg" is a protected trademark, or a generic term and thus ineligible for trademark protection. In Australia and New Zealand, where the term is considered generic, there are more than 70 registered trademarks that include the term "ugg" in various logos and designs.〔〔〔Trade Marks Hearings 16 January 2006. Decision of a delegate of the registrar of trade marks with reasons. Pg 10〕 ==History== The origins of the Australian ugg boot style are disputed, with both Australia and New Zealand laying claim. Artisanal sheepskin boots were known in rural Australia during the 1920s,〔 and were reportedly worn by shearers as they found them resistant to wool yolk, which would rot their ordinary boots. However, the date of commercial manufacturing began remains unclear. The boots were reportedly being manufactured in 1933 by Blue Mountains Ugg Boots of New South Wales.〔 Frank Mortel of Mortels Sheepskin Factory has stated that he began manufacturing the boots in the late 1950s.〔 Surfer Shane Stedman of Australia has stated in interviews that he invented the ugg boot. Perth sheepskin boot manufacturers Bruce and Bronwyn McDougall of Uggs-N-Rugs have manufactured the boots since the late 1970s. The origin of the term "ugg" is also disputed. Stedman registered the trademark "UGH-BOOTS" in Australia in 1971, and in 1982 registered the "UGH" trademark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=2006 )〕 Frank Mortel claims that he named his company's sheepskin boots "ugg boots" in 1958 after his wife commented that the first pair he made were "ugly."〔〔〔 Some accounts have suggested that the term grew out of earlier variations, such as the "fug boots" worn by United Kingdom Royal Air Force pilots during World War I. The 1970s saw the emergence of advertising using the UGG and UGH terms both in trade names and as a generic term in Australia.〔name="Thompson" /> The ''Macquarie Dictionary'' of the Australian language first included a definition for "ugg boot" as a generic term for sheepskin boots in its 1981 edition.〔 (After Stedman complained to the editors of Macquarie, a trademark notation was added to subsequent editions indicating that "UGH" was a trade mark). In the 1970s, ugg boots became popular among competitive surfers.〔〔〔 After movie theatres in Sydney banned ugg boots and ripped jeans, the footwear became somewhat popular in the youth market as a sign of rebellion.〔(The Ugg inventor who gave £500m the boot ) Mail Online 14 February 2011〕 Sheepskin footwear accounts for around 10 percent of footwear production in Australia.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ugg boots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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