| Not many people know this but the famous UK brand, | | | | styles of Wellington boots. There are the original |
| the Hunter Wellington Boots, was actually started by | | | | wellies suitable for the field, fashionably style wellies for |
| an American entrepreneur named Henry Lee Norris. | | | | the party scene, Hunter bags, Hunter socks, and even |
| He moved from the US to Scotland in the 1800s and | | | | Hunter umbrellas. |
| started his boot company in Castle Silk Mills in | | | | In recent years, sales of the Hunter Boots have |
| Edinburgh. His company was originally named the North | | | | skyrocketed with sightings of famous celebrities, such |
| British Rubber Company but later changed to what is | | | | as Princess Diana, Nicole Richie, Angelina Jolie, |
| now called Hunter Boot Limited. The humble company | | | | Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Moss, wearing |
| has now grown from four employees to over 600 | | | | Hunter Boots. Hunter Boots have even been worn by |
| staff worldwide. | | | | celebrity kids including Suri Cruise (daughter of Tom |
| Hunter Wellingtons are a weatherproof boot suitable | | | | Cruise and Katie Holmes). |
| for wet weather wear. They did not become very | | | | Despite the good brand and record sales, Hunter Boot |
| popular until World War I and II when the company | | | | went into administration in 2006 due to high |
| was asked to construct sturdy boots for soldiers to | | | | manufacturing and fuel costs. Like many UK |
| wear in extreme battle conditions in combat and in | | | | companies, Hunter has had to move it's operations to |
| flooded trenches. From that point onwards, the Hunter | | | | Eastern Europe and Asia to keep costs down and |
| Boots have become synonymous with quality and | | | | return to being a profitable company. |
| reliability. The company now makes many different | | | | |
