Vintage Frye Boots
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Frye boots were the cool boots to have and wear when I was in high school and college in the '70s. I bought my first pairs of Fryes in 1970 and continued to buy them until the early '90s. I have 11 pairs of vintage Fryes in my collection.
Unfortunately, the John A. Frye Shoe Company of Marlboro, Massachusetts, which made these boots since the 1890s was sold in 1987 and a series of owners since then. Bootmaking was outsourced to China in 2003 and quality suffered significantly when that happened. The history of the company is interesting. I have documented it at this link. Pictured below is a sample of each of the various vintage Frye boots that I own. Click on the picture or the words to the right to view more images of that style of boot. See a YouTube video about my Frye Boots
Tutorial and history about Frye Boots Frye Boot Catalogs of 1973 and 1975 | |
