Just picture, its 1970 and you have a hot date. Your gear is laid out but you haven’t figured out what shoes your gonna rock. Its ok, Dupont and Rand have you covered with their Slipon, Monk-Strap, and Wingtip Corfam woodbrush finish shoes. Yea, your doing it. Ok now back to 2011, I kinda dig the wood finish, but Corfam was a major flop. “Corfam was the centerpiece of the DuPont pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair in New York City. Its major advantages over natural leather were its durability and its high gloss finish that could be easily cleaned with a damp cloth. Its disadvantages were its stiffness which did not lessen with wearing, its relative lack of breathability, and easy confusion with non-breathable cheaper products. DuPont manufactured Corfam at its plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1971. After spending millions of dollars marketing the product to shoe manufacturers, DuPont withdrew Corfam from the market in 1971 and sold the rights to a company in Poland. Corfam is still used today in some products, an example being certain types of equestrian saddle girth. Corfam shoes are still popular in uniformed professions where shiny shoes are desirable”(such as the military).
Rand boots was a division of International Shoe Co (which turned into Interco). Unfortunately the company filed for bankruptcy in 1994. What were left with? Some dope visuals from 1970. So pop your collar put your dirty used cars salesman voice to work, and check out this vintage ad below.
