Editing Wellington boot (section)

== Construction ==

Wellington boots were at first made of leather. However, in 1852 [[Hiram Hutchinson]] met [[Charles Goodyear]], who had just invented the [[sulfur vulcanisation]] process for natural rubber. Hutchinson bought the patent to manufacture footwear and moved to France to establish ''À l'Aigle'' ("At the Eagle") in 1853, to honour his home country. Today the company is simply called [[Aigle (company)|Aigle]]. In a country where 95% of the population were working on fields with [[clog (shoe)|wooden clogs]] as they had been for generations, the introduction of the wholly waterproof, Wellington-type rubber boot became an instant success: farmers would be able to come back home with clean, dry feet.