I know I can look it up, but I have no idea what Mukluks are. When I first moved to San Francisco in 1972-3 and lived in a theatrical commune simply called 992 Valencia Street (our address, which was a storefront), there was another commune with whom we were friends and had parties
with, and their commune name was Mukluk Manor. I assumed Mukluk was someone's name, but later I learned that you could wear them that they were plural. My first guess would be that mukluks are something like galoshes that you wear on your feet to keep them warm - or possibly some kind of snow shoe. My second guess would be that you wear them on your hands, since the name is plural. I'm pretty sure they have something to do with snow because the Mukluks I knew were from Wisconsin.

Lars

Lars, you're correct. They are a winter boot and "Steve" is the creator and owner of the company.

I know what Mukluks are but don't do Facebook.

/tricia

Here is a link that might be useful: Mukluks

Party, although I do have a pair of Mukluk slippers, and love them, I don't "do" Facebook either.

Lars, Mukluks are boots, and now they are warm house slippers also.

Annie

Yes, post the links and we'll vote.

I don't remember exactly how long I've had my first pair of mukluks, but definitely more than 20 years. I couldn't have survived this long without them! :)

Thanks, dedtired!!! This is my first entry in the Women's competition... I was shoveling snow away from the windows. :O)

The Couple's competition requires more than one person wearing mukluks, and here's my entry for that.

I own multiple pairs of mukluks, so I'm eligible to enter multiple photos/competitions. I may still enter more.

To vote for any photos in the competitions, all you need to do is 'like' the photo(s) on Steger Mukluks pages at either Facebook (at the links I gave above), Google, or Pinterest. Of those, I only use Facebook. :p

I have a pair that my grandmother made. I don't want to wear them because they are too special and would hate to have them get ruined when it is all I really have from the relationship. They are deerskin, rabbit with some bead work, true and from far up North, Canada. Sorry, I'm not on Facebook either.

I'm really surprised that I guessed correctly! My third guess was that they were some sort of overcoat! I must have seen Mukluks somewhere and subconsciously remembered them because I do not have a conscious memory of seeing them before.

I really like your first entry - the criss-cross straps add a nice touch, and I like the boots in white.

Lars

I voted on both links. Is it possible to "like" it again tomorrow. I saw a few comments about people that were able to "like" more than once. It would not let me. :-(

I'm not sure if I ever met your Uncle Freddie, but there is a good chance that I did - everything from the early 1970s is now a bit of a blur. I knew Billy Bowers, Wendy, Grasshopper, Timmy, and a few others fairly well. I don't know if Pristine Condition lived there, but she was at all the parties, as well as Reggie and others who performed together.

The commune where I lived had its phone number listed as "Rita Rocket" because back then you could list your name as whatever without paying extra for a commercial line. Years later someone named Rita in SF changed her name to Rita Rockett, but I never met her, and I do not think she was aware of the earlier RR.

The Mukluks were a great group of people and gave great parties, but then parties were much more common back then than they were just a few years later in the late 1970s.

I've "liked". We don't see that much snow here very often! Beautiful!

As a child, I got slipper socks for Christmas and my mother referred to them as Mukluks. I never knew it was a real word. I think mine generally looked something like this: