In a beautiful story of perseverance coming out of Brooklyn, NY, Imogen Dean has proudly broken in her first pair of Doc Martens at the ripe old age of 93 –– just in time for her to pass on to the next life.
You go girl! Perfect timing!
“I’m just glad I lived to see the moment I could finally wear these beautifully stitched leather loafers without band-aids,” a tearful Imogen said on her deathbed while surrounded by friends and family, who all thought this was kind of a weird take-away from the situation. “I think I’m finally ready to move on…knowing that I’ve achieved all I’ve wanted to in this life.”
Sources confirm Imogen bought the shoes when she was 24, which means it took her a mere 69 years to break them in. According to experts, this is pretty fast.
“It’s just nice to see someone who managed to break in a pair of docs in their lifetime, you know?” said local leather expert Farhadi Singh. “Most of the time, people pass without being able to wear their shoes pain-free at all. It’s a bittersweet story for sure.”
Sounds like someone should maybe change the production process such that the shoes are wearable sooner, but hey! Fashion is fashion!
While it took Imogen decades to break in the shoes, she remained steadfast in her commitment until the very end, wearing them every single day, even when she was getting a double knee replacement.
“These shoes have seen me through the best and worst of times,” she continued. “I wore them during the birth of my three beautiful children, each of their birthdays and graduations, and all of their weddings.”
When asked whether this meant she was in pain for years, Imogen responded, “Of course. But that’s what makes this result that much sweeter.”
Reporters didn’t quite understand how this followed, but they decided to be happy for her.
“It’s nice to pass on to the next life knowing I have no regrets,” said Imogen, despite having deeply strained relationships with all of her children, mostly because she refused to take the shoes off until they were broken in, even after she stepped in a lot of poop in 1995.
As of press time, Imogen had spent her dying breath bequeathing the docs to her favorite grandchild, Olivia. Unfortunately, Olivia is a half-size bigger that her grandmother, meaning she will likely have to spend another 60 years breaking them in herself.
