Dockers by Gerli

t all started in Merzalben, a small town in the middle of the Palatinate Forest and less than ten minutes away from the shoe town of Pirmasens. Gösta Andersson and Bruno Heim, both active in the shoe industry and shoe sales for many years, had recognized the signs of the times: In the mid-80s, everyone wanted dockside shoes, the casual loafers that were traditionally worn on boats. Gerli GmbH decided to take up this trend and designed and produced leather slippers for men for the first time in 1985. The aim was that everyone should be able to afford the “Dockers”, which is why attention was paid to a perfect price-performance ratio right from the start - without neglecting quality.

However, the brand was to achieve its breakthrough with another type of shoe: the famous Dockers boots. In light corn yellow or chocolate brown with a high, padded shaft in a mountaineering look, they are iconic to this day. The first Dockers Boots came from factories in Portugal and Spain. The Goodyear Welt design made them particularly robust. The sole is not just glued to the upper, as is conventionally the case, but the sole, frame and upper are sewn together. Today they are reinterpreted almost every year by Dockers designers, with new sole types and details. But their original character has remained and the Dockers Boots are always recognizable as such at first glance. Wholesale E: info@dockersbygerli.de P: 06395-92190 Photo credit: Dockers