Figure 1.--Kangaroos were made in leathr. They were a sneaker wih a pocket, often referred to as "Roos". The pocket was located in the tounge and closed with a zipper.

HBC knows very little about Kangaroo sneakers. ppraently they made an impression on quite a few loyal buyers in the 1980s. Several readers have written to us about them.

A HBC reader tells us, "A brief fad that I think has been largely forgotten, and one that I don't feel so badly about was the Kangaroo Shoes. This was a name brand for a shoe that had a pocket on it, a pocket that performed no practical purpose (except that maybe you could put some change in them. I don't know why you'd do this, but you could). The pocket was fastened with a zipper at first, and then by velcro when velcro took off. It seems to me that the Kangaroos were the first shoes I ever saw that were fastened with velcro straps. Those shoes didn't really look too bad from what I remember of them, and I really liked those shoes even after they went out of fashion."

Kangaroos were made in leathr. They were a sneaker wih a pocket, often referred to as "Roos". The pocket was located in the tounge and closed with a zipper. A HBC reader writes in 2002, "I remember these, they were so cool!" Another reader in 2003 writes, "I still have and wear a pair of Kangaroo boots. I've had them a good 18+ years and they are just starting to wear out, although the zipper pocket still works."