The latest and greatest in shoes seem to pertain to water – huge rubber rainboots and now boating shoes are the preferred footwear for fall. One of the coolest casual adaptations of the boating shoe would be by Vans in the Zapato (okay, truth is that I’m only writing about them because I love the name and I giggle internally as I type it and reread it).

Regardless, the common traits of the boating shoe are:

• Stiff sides and back – simple shape
• Laced only at the top, with the laces extended through the top perimeter of the shoe
• Choice colour of boating shoe: tan
• Key Success: Comfort.

So that’s it – the boating shoe broken down. Che-che-check it out here (the official title is…Zapato del Barco. Too exotic for words, really).

> images courtesy of vans.com

CLOT founded by Edison Chen and Kevin Poon, is a lifestyle company that emerged in Hong Kong in 2003. Their aim is to be a lifestyle company through fashion (CLOT Apparel), Music & Artist Management (CLOT Media Division), Retail (Juice/ACU), Design, Consulting and PR (CLOT PR). Clot’s aim is to push the creativity limit of youths in Asia and bridge the gap between Eastern and Western cultures. Having established a large name in the Asian street fashion scene, they’ve collaborated with street brands such as Bape, Visvim, Fragment, Kaws, Headporter, Devilock and Neighborhood.

Despite Edison Chen’s recent scandals (and the misfortune of having the name…CLOT), his brand has seemingly surpassed these barriers and has appeared to grow even stronger (whoever said that sex sells only in North American should be kicking themselves).

There are only two retail stores in the world that sell CLOT clothing. Juice in Hong Kong and ACU in Shanghai. CLOT has recently opened an online store that ships to North America as well, go check them out at: www.clotinc.com

Eyewear has taken on a whole new dimension – year by year I’m noticing increasingly edgy frames, it seems to be changing even more quickly than our clothing trends.

Trying on sunglasses and regular frames is some sort of personal experience – certain shapes, sizes, and even angles are something to be duely noted. Not just that, but glasses are a huge commitment.

A question you may have for me is probably why I even care about them, seeing as I never needed them. I have an interest in frames that have unique characteristics like horn-rims or top-heavy frames as pictured (where it seems like the person has massive eyebrows [insert snickering]).

The Fashion Spot breaks down the trend pretty well, lookie here.

> image courtesy of tfs