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Cowboy Boot Sandals Is The Newest Trend That Keeps Your Toes Cool
Cowboy Boot Sandals Is The Newest Trend That Keeps Your Toes Cool
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Cowboy Boot Sandals Is The Newest Trend That Keeps Your Toes Cool

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In 2012, Scotty Franklin, of Springfield, Missouri, revolutionised cowboy fashion forever. He realised that there was an untapped market of people who wanted to wear both sandals and cowboy boots-and Redneck Boot Sandals was born. Now, you can get your favourite pair of boots turned into sandals for just 75 USD plus shipping! Read on to read Scotty’s story below:

“Scotty Franklin…was lounging on white sand beaches of Gulf Shores Alabama and saw a guy walking down the beach in cowboy boots,” writes the website. “Scotty thought the poor fellow shouldn’t have to sacrifice cowboy fashion in order to stay cool on this hot day and looked down at his own feet and saw his flip flops and wondered if he could cut out his boots and make them into flip flops for the ultimate combination. When he got home, he cut out his boots into flip flops and wore them out. His friends saw the boots, thought they were hilarious and bought them from him.”

More info: redneckbootsandals.com | Facebook (h/t: sobadsogood)

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    “Building the company was not my original idea,” Franklin told Bored Panda

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    “Honestly the sandals were made as a joke”

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    “But then I learned of their popularity and interest people showed”

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    “They found them fun and silly, and deep down inside, everybody just wants to have fun”

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    The first “tools consisted of a pocket knife, drill, shoe string, industrial stapler, and some duct tape”

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    “We now have professional leather tools now and have upgraded our process since the start up days”

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    “The rest is history”

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    Bored Panda would like to thank Mr. Franklin for the interview!

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    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

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    Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

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    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

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    Just A Girl
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First socks and sandals, now this???

    Daria B
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "That doesn't impress me much" ♬♪

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    Melody Lanzatella
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I CONCUR! They are going to have this one small odd group of people buy them, and then that will be it. They will be out of business.

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    Just A Girl
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First socks and sandals, now this???

    Daria B
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "That doesn't impress me much" ♬♪

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    Melody Lanzatella
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I CONCUR! They are going to have this one small odd group of people buy them, and then that will be it. They will be out of business.

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