What is "moon boot"

n. 1 A type of footwear made popular in the 1970s, with a thin rubber outsole and no distinct left or right feet. 2 (context AU informal English) A large hard plastic covering, used to protect a broken foot or ankle while it heals.

Moon Boots are footwear first created in the early 1970s by manufacturer Tecnica Group of Giavera del Montello, Italy. They became a notable fashion trend throughout the 1980s. The boot is constructed with a thin rubber outsole and cellular rubber midsole covered by colorful Nylon fabrics and using polyurethane foams. Tecnica registered worldwide the trademark Moon Boot name in 1978. Tecnica still offers the Moon Boot though there are many imitators. With the trademark's registrations, the authentic Tecnica boot is the only one able to be marketed as a "Moon Boot". Since 2011 they have been produced in Ukraine, at the rate of some 700,000 per year.