Welcome to Is This Shoe OK?, an infrequent column about shoes that may or may not be good, as determined by me—an authority, because I own shoes—and you, in the comments below. In today’s installment, we’re looking at boat shoes. Preps, get psyched.
) for inspiration. I usually respect this move, especially when it requires the wealthy to wear really dumb shit. In this case, I simply cannot.
If we, the shoe-owning public, begin to give space to boat shoes, what other staple of financial bro fashion will we begin co-opting? Salmon-colored shorts? Blue button-down shirts worn by men who will absolutely utter “no homo” after accidentally expressing some sentimentality towards his friend in a moment of IPA-induced vulnerability? This is lawless.
However, I will say this—I have loved women who love boat shoes. I have never loved a sock-less man in a boat shoe—the one who runs out of the office at 4:59 P.M. to make the most out of happy hour. And let’s be clear, Sperry supporters: it’s not your fault. Like most things, men have ruined the boat shoe, and I just don’t have the time or space to bring them into my life.In conclusion, as my colleague Hazel Cills said fter I pitched this blog idea, boat shoes will never be cool...
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