Are those your bank holiday Monday shoes?

Just a little tribute to my new boat shoes or deck shoes or topsiders whatever you would like to call them, as i am mighty chuffed that i got them in a lovely coral colour! i owe my awareness of these beauties to in actual fact my dad, who wore them throughout the 80's and still has them in his cupboard. Although i always remember when i was younger thinking that adults only wore these shoes on their day offs! might actually be true.

Anyhow so i read up on them and found that these puppies were actually inspired by none other than mans best friend THE DOG! well, not the actual dog but his owner Paul Sperry back in 1935 when he noticed how easy it was for his four legged companion to run across the snow and ice without slipping and embarrassing himself and everyone around. So he used siping to then design shoes that would be perfect on boats to escape the comedy falls and bad accidents. So what do we do? wear them everywhere else other than boats of course,ahhhhhh,charming. Comfy too.