Clarks shoes and Jamaican culture
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- This video is about the Clarks brand of shoes and its history, where it was invented and how it became famous and then the relationship to Jamaica and Jamaican culture. Bob Marley, Vybz Kartel and Popcaan are just a few of the famous Jamaicans that think the shoes are a must have and so does almost every Jamaican male. Find out why in this video.
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Clark's Wallabees is the shoe for me I wear them every day, being a third generation Jamaican, and very aware of the history, I currently own 32 Pair,
The are the most comfortable and durable shoe every made, a matter a fact, my son has a grasped the love of Clark's....
I have a history with them. Both parents born in Jamaica, both moved to London England where they met in the London club scene. This was the 1960’s. Father was a “Rude Boy” and worked at Harods. He always wore them because as you eloquently put... they were classic and he could wear them with a suit (and as he would say, still look “the business”). When we came along both he and my mother always insisted we went to Clark’s to get our shoes. Fast forwarding...we moved to Canada, and my parents as expats STILL made sure we ONLY WORE CLARK’S especially when they came out with Penny Loafers) 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣Why? They were Jamaican and we seem to have the mentality “buy cheap, buy twice”. It’s so true though. I still to buy them, and I am 50!!! Thank you again for another insightful video. Never knew ALL Jamaicans had such a long history and LOVE for them.
I'm from England & Clarks shoes especially for children is the most sort out. Even in my teens & early 20's many many years ago Clarks was the toppa top! 😊
Still top ah top
Nah mash up like other brands
Clark's is di only shoes mi cant resist fi buy...mi buy Clark's jus fi have it..all when no plan fi where it.. jus cant si a bad Clark's and no buy it..jus order a new 1 yesterday 😁
I use to hate them as a child. They were so tough you couldn't mash them up.
😂😂😂
Damm right
Clark’s IG posted a documentary called Clark’s and Jamaica...which why is why I’m here...As a shoe guy I’ve owned a few sets of Clark’s ...thanks for the this history ..respect
When i was working i wore them because they’re very comfortable because had to be on my feet for at least 18 hrs per day doing two jobs great shoes 👏👏🙏🏾❤️🇯🇲🇺🇸
Very nice
I man still want back my travel fox and Bally boot! Love the Clark's tho. Jamaican Ting seen!! Bad man Ting!!
Clarks was wearing in Jamaica way before Vybz Kartel DJ about it...
Before his parents was borned.
Thanks for stating the obvious
Nobody said Kartel brought Clarks to Jamaica. He just made it extremely popular.
He made that very clear in the beginning
@@joelgreene3350 👊👊
Just as popular in Trinidad! If you had Clarks in school, you was ELITE. It will never go out of style #timeless im 37 still wearing Clarks.
Very true
My grandma bought my first pair of Clark's in 1985, Brown in color. I grew out of it, I couldn't mash it up. 😁 I loved that damn shoe. Only could wear it to school. I love this.
In the 80s, if you see a dude with a pair of Clark's in NYC, you can guarantee he was from Brooklyn.
I wore them when i was a kid i got a pair as an adult and the quality is deadout compared to then
Disagree! The Bronx! 🤣😆
Yess Sirr Spot 🗣💯Mi Feet So Cleaan Wit Di Clarks Bootiiee Also Di No Flat Foot Hustling The Suede Bally Boots In Tow Back n' Day...!
I always lived in queens. My dad wear Clark's
I'm sitting here polishing my Clarks for work as I watch this. First pair I've had since I was a child. So comfortable!
Bank robber my favorite Clarks comfortable Manhattan style
Clarks is also popular in hip hop culture members of the Wu-tang clan such as Ghostface killer and Raekwon mentioned in their lyrics Wallabee Clarks.
That was also mentioned here as well
Ghostface put a pile of Clarks on his first album cover, Ironman.
GFK said it was bcoz of Jamaican culture he got in to wallabees
Slick Rick started it all 😉
And Ghost used to idolize Ricky D
Clarkes have been around for 195 years. They ar 75 % family owned. Iconic.
What happen to the other rest of percentage
Mi a wear clarks long before kartel sing him song
Same way so what do souflo
Same me from 70s
There were big songs about clarks by other artiste long before the inmate. Little John, supercat all sing big songs about clarks. Wahlahi to Allah be the glory!!!
Yes but was it before Little John.?
@@jay-sean424 What you mean what do SOUFLO? Dont be a dunce, obviously I know that man a wear clarks before Kartel even born, bout wah do SOUFLO
Tbh they should open a clarks factory in jamaica
Died laughing when you said mesh mariner 😂
All my shoes is clarks every shoes. I own his Clark's
Blessings SOUFLO brother yes thanks for the Clarks history yes Clarke’s shoes been in from i was born that’s all my brother wears i spent so much $$$ on him buying Clarks they’re the best shoes ever and last long 🙏🏾❤️🇯🇲🇺🇸
Hold up you foot and show u Clark's bootie""💃🕺🕺🎶🎶🎶🔊🔊🇯🇲💯
Yeahman🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲!! Every yardie must wear a clarks!!!! Big u soulflo tv!!!
Big up PopCaan🤘dem ago need Wings Fi ketch yuh Up
I like da bank robber da wallabees the Weavers the desert boot I love all Colours and wear them well
The Clarks we get today is not like as it used to be many years ago.
Yes, quality not the same.
Is because you have the Chinese one... 👀 the tag..please
everything now is chinese.
My great gran used to take me to clarkes for my school shoes but i always wore trainers to school and kept clarkes for church n dinner out
Bredda im really looking out for you to do a vlog on Vykz Kartel song long live Jamaica
Souflo when my youngest brother started high school in 2004 my mom insisted she is buying him a pair Clark's. She was in the states that summer.My brother was most upset.Since Kartel sang that song you won't believe how many pairs of Clark's this same young man owns and the thousands of dollars he has spent.lol
LoL
LOL
📢About four of them in the house love my Gilman and Clarksdale walk nice 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🇱🇨🇬🇸🇬🇧
Clarksdale Chelsea boots you know the thing bredda
You know we wear it with Style Clarkdale Gobi you know you have to go a different not regular
@@ozzytrait4777 same way bredda those are the elite clarks. Mad ting👍👍
Clark's need to do something for Jamaica because a we make Clark's important
Andre Henry why the woman who told Kane west to stopped using Jamaica icons don't tell Clark the same thing tell you about our culture full of. Hate for our own people
Ask and you shall receive lol. Hope you got to grab a pair.
Mi diamond socks & mi Clarks bootees! Presently mi have three pair. Honourable mention: Travel Fox
1970s and 80s saw a large variety of Clark's...not only desert boots but padmore..naturevelt.L stitch..Wallabees etc to name a few....We not seeing these types anymore i
I live in West London of Jamaican parents and I don't C no yute wear no Clarks here! Parents tend to go to Clarks with their children because their staff are trained to fit shoes properly which is especially important with growing feet. Nobody wants to mash up their Pitney foot!
However once you get past the age of about 11, Clarks are seen as old fashioned and no teen of any hue, black, white, yellow wants to be seen dead in them!
As I have got older, I prefer comfort over style and have returned to Clarks for their comfort and durability. You will not get 5 inch stilettos made of fake leather in Clarks!
However, Jamaicans have that way of inventing and reinventing!
And this maybe a much needed boost and resurgence for this English shoe high street store. By the way the socks are Pringles, if you want the real deal, another traditional British company.
I dont think any Clark's are made in England any more because of cost savings. My Clark's history; my sisters' father was one of those Rastaman who always walk inna dress shirt diamond socks, dress pants and a Clark's. I remember going to a tailor in town in the 80's and getting pin stripe pants measured and made for me, to go with my desert boots. Those shoes lasted until my toe buck the front, and even when they were tight, I still wanted to wear them.
Little John big up Clarks before them , singing hold up your feet show them your Clark boots
Late 80s my first pair was a L stich bank robber big up to little john
Yesss me brada, L stitch me memba them shoes deh,, 1979 L use to sell for $125 Ja..and that was lots of money in them time deh brada..can't forget my first L stitch ..respect
@barry williams yea man good ole days
@@foundation4535 yea bredda L stitch was the thing
Blessings to you, SouFlo and family 🙏. Thanks for sharing this story. You really did your research 👍!! Proud of you 😊.
Luv mi like mi luv mi lik mi clarks bootee!
My favorite shoe from I was a kid have ova 30 pairs and counting 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☄☄☄☄☄#Freeworlboss
I have Clark's sandals with a 2 inch heel. But I prefer FITFlops.
I also loved the TRAVEL FOX Era in NYC and JAMAICA .
Love my clarks i have 3 pairs tan red and lilac 🇬🇧
Thanks fi this nice info...
I realize that in the country if you step on a mans Clark's may god be with you.
I currently own 3 pair and have torn up at least 10 pair
Big up drop top swag shop when want yu Clark's
Clarks is one of the worlds most subtle status symbol.
I never thought of wearing a pair of Clarks . Its Not really my style but just for keep sakes I am thinking of having one in my collection for keep sake. And who knows i may just end up falling in lovee with it..lets see😁
prince is not wearing clarks . check again
Yes always wear from a youth also last name Clarke and business name Clarke ..... Big up the Clarks
Blessings family. Clarks then was our best if we lucky scuff dem face a beatings😅 you cannot beat a nice pair of Jeans or tracksuit bottom with a nice clark boot or trainers. Big 👆 👆 👆 fam
The Bushacre Clark’s. Just like the desert boot with the difference being that the sole is a hard rubber as opposed to the crepe sole on the desert boot. Mine are the distressed tan colour.
Love is all I bring, innah Mi black wallabies an ting
If u don’t hav Orignal deserts Clark’s made in England in the closest fresh cya talk to me
Vietnam n China nuh ready
Big up all Clark’s Fans
Only the originals.
That's right, real Clark's are made in England, not china , Vietnam etc
@@84doll but yet 44% of Clarks are made in Vietnam
@@sherrellhope681 buying fake an don't know
@@84doll my husband is a clarks freak so I know.Between 2006 -2018 Uk were not manufacturing .Google it I think they had them made in India and Vietnam it was much cheaper
Bless up yourself Souflo
Shout out to the Jamaicans for the Clark’s!!!!
The wallabees are the silhouette that’s more popular here in the US.
cougar shoes get a great run follow by the Vikings .. Nike Air max....Travel fox which dominate jamaica market... the Bally boots n Patrick Ewing came along....Ballys are real prestige.. But was far too pricey ...anyway through all of these shoes the Clark's brand stay relevant..
Interesting history lessons. Good afternoon #SoufloTv
Koffee commercial for Clark’s
True true true.
i wear em
Good morning to u n family'snuff blessings
Good shoes but the british black or youth on a whole hardly ever wear them.
They too busy trying to dress like us Americans
clarks brouges classy dem rear
Wallabee Clarks really hit heavy in Brooklyn NY back in 80's I had a few pair.Chillin with the Screw Face😠
West end London ENGLAND, your talking about English men footwear, 🇬🇧 and a gentleman footwear in London ENGLAND is Patrick cox, look it up,🇬🇧
Make me want a wallabies now
I prefer wallabees over the dessert boots.
Assassin do di desert and diamond socks called bad from inna 2003
I have 6 pare
Clarks are British so i think that why we wear it because British influence our culture a likkle bit
Me have four 2 desy a banky and a Wally
Anyone remember polyvelts?
🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾
I got my original woman CLARKE I got a couple Clark’s myself
Soufflo I need one of the Jamaican colours tell me how to get one I don't see them in the Clark store
London🇬🇧
Why don't we make Clarks brand in Jamaica or Afrika? Always waiting for Europeans to do, Europeans are out and about looking for ideas
Eeka mouse sing about clarks before Little John.
You are not fully dress as a rude boy if you are wearing Clark’s meshmerina arrow shirt Turpin and wool pants
Disputing 1 thing:
The Bronx... that birthed Rap, the Cousing of Reggae Dancehall, are where those Jamaicans in NYC that pushed Clarks, Ballys and Travel Fox came from not Bklyn!
Among all the Jamaican populations in Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx... the Bronx had the deepest and dominate pop of 🇯🇲 FOB.
Brooklyn and Queens have all Caribbean Islands represented... but in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s... The Northeast Bronx was like 85 - 90% Jamaican, the other 10-15% were Trinidadians and Haitians.
My neighbors on E 229th Street lived across the road from each other back in JA!
Take the 2 or 5 Train from the End... Mount Vernon, the way down to Pelham Pkwy, Gun Hill Road, Boston Road, White Plains Road, Dyre Ave, Nereid Ave, Bronxwood Ave.
Just ask Moody's Records, Kingston Tropical or Champion Bakeries!
The Fashions always come from The Bronx + Uptown... especially footwear!
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Fifty two shillings a pair down a king street
original south african STYLE SEEEN
anytime you see mi, mi in a clarks and if you see mi and mi no in a clarks a bare foot oh
Bro that's not PATOIS...HOW LONG WILL JAMAICANS STAY ILLITERATE COMMUNICATING IN SLANGS AND CONJORNMENTS.??????????
Kool but how you not mention. Wu tang clan they even collab with clarks for their own shoes. Cmon bro not to mention they was dye them diffrent colors
Clarks are to Jamaicans what Nike shoes are to Americans
Kartel is the reason why Clark’s is so popular in Jamaica
@Orville Grant talking about the now generation ... not talking about the 60s. Talking on the behalf of all high schoolers now in Jamaica and men who are in their 20s and 30s
Bob Marley was never a Clarks wearer check your facts
Little John was5
What 😳 are those 🤣🤣
I beg to differ souflo I would rather say kartel make the young youth them run down Clark's but not popularized the brand
Go and listen to what I said again. You totally missed it
hmmm did Clarks give back to Jamaica?? 😄😄 Uno nuh come fi mi lol.
Desert eagle, Clarks and Arrow shirt my uncle live in ah dem back suh days.
Yes, Clarks has cut lucrative endorsement deals with a few Jamaican artists over the years which has enabled them to ride the Clarks platform, sell their own product and take care of their families and their business team.
@@souflotv Awesome 💟
National boots not shoes
Clarks a ghetto shoes i went the store where they sell only clarks shoes i never buy one ghetto wear
Bank Robbers......how can it be a National Shoes when you just said it Mek inna England....but I understand wat you mean
Jamaica highest court is located in London England, Jamaica's coat of arms was designed by a English man in England, and the Queen of England is still Jamaica's head of state represented by the governor General, not to mention English is Jamaica's primary language, LOL.
@@BrainFlotvsome people don’t want history soulflo they think it adheres to their feelings about the white man , if you tell them that Jamaica was founded by the British, they make noise …
Clarke's still don't have a store in Jamaica today, I wonder why that is? I dont think Clarke's is doing that well in Jamaica to be considered as a national shoe!however the rude bwoy seem to like a particular style.
Anytime alkaline make a song about clarks it will be bigger than vybz kartel song
Stop yuh noise 😂😂😂
@@souflotv i think alkaline should collaborate with vybz kartel so vybz kartel can be relevant and also get some street credit
Kartel don't need alkaline ok so shut up u idiot look when kartel sing a song ppl have to go an took up their dictionary
@@rohansimpson9605 what kinda weed yuh smoke g?
@@joelgreene3350 loud
We're not conscious why not talk a bout slavery 4,000 years we've been salve by the hands of the British
Man hush up and go away. I've done many videos on that topic and never saw you on any of those. Let me guess, I'm suppose to make only videos about slavery? Smh