1971 headquarters giavera del montello italy key people giancarlo zanatta founder products footwear revenue 410 millions clarification needed website www.moonboot.it moon boots are footwear first created in the early 1970s by manufacturer tecnica group of giavera del montello italy . 1 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 . as of 2010 update tecnica still offers the moon boot 2 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 . 3 history edit 20 july 1969 giancarlo zanatta after watching the lunar landing and being inspired by the shape and technology of the astronauts boots drew sketches and then began to design and develop the original moon boot . since the early 70s the moon boot represents the symbol of irony fashion & design . the boot became a notable fashion trend throughout the 80s . tecnica registered worldwide the trademark moon boot name in 1978 and as of 2010 tecnica still offers the moon boot . references edit tecnica . history of moon boot . retrieved 2012 01 02 . tecnica . company profile . retrieved 2012 01 02 . blizzard geht an italienische tecnica . der standard . 17 november 2006 . retrieved 24 january 2012 . external links edit official website new york times v t e tecnica group s.p.a. subsidiaries tecnica moon boot nordica rollerblade lowa blizzard this clothing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moon boot & oldid 732279227 categories bootsitalian brandsshoe brandsclothing companies of italy1970s fashion1980s fashiontecnica groupclothing stubshidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2016articles containing potentially dated statements from 2010all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 21 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view