The "Wellie" boot was created in 1817 when the Duke of Wellington asked his shoemaker to create a boot he could wear in battle and with evening clothes.
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In the shoe department, a tween in a tutu-looking confection is being helped by her mother, who is standing with one foot in a bright pink wellie, the other in a tatty Converse.
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