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What year was Wellies first founded?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Wellington boots are often referred to as Wellies. These boots were invented because the Duke of Wellington asked his shoemaker, Hoby of St. James's Street, to modify the 18-th century Hessian boot to become waterproof in the 1817.

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