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