Wellingtons or Welly boots have long been popular footwear for rainy season. They are waterproof and durable capable of keeping our feet dry and warm in both cold and wet weather conditions. Even in flood and deluge Wellingtons can be trusted to keep your feet dry and warm.

They are also very comfortable and nowadays come in different designer varieties. Welly boots in their new avatar happens to combine practicality with style making it perfect for fashion conscious men and women of the modern generation.

Hunter Wellies however have a long and varied history. Wellington boots were originally made at the demand of Duke of Wellington who ordered his shoe makers at St James Street, London to come with this variation in then popular leather Hessian boots. As these boots gained in popularity to become fashionable footwear for British aristocrats they came to be known as Wellingtons after their first patron.

Welly boots were perfect for British farmers and country gentry who spent long hours working in water clogged fields. During, Second World War the British War Office began to place orders for Wellies for soldiers fighting at battle front in foreign lands. These boots were perfectly suited to protect feet of soldiers stick in harsh climatic conditions living in trenches across Europe.

After the war, Hunter Wellies gained in popularity as gum boots suitable for rainy weather. Men, women and children wore Wellies in rainy weather to keep their feet dry. Today, of course, Wellies are available in myriad of colours, styles, lengths and patterns.