In Australia, the name "ugg" is a generic term for sheepskin boots ... but also to overturn the original US trademark so he can sell his boots worldwide. "I'm not just doing this for myself.

1 at 66th St.-Lincoln Center; B, C at 72nd St. Australian surfer Brian Smith conceived of the UGG brand back in 1978, when the pairs of sheepskin boots he brought with him on a visit to California ...