I know I’m jumping the gun, it’s still January and while it has gotten warmer here in Colorado that doesn’t mean a damn thing. It could 50 tomorrow and 22 the day after, but I just can’t get the thought of boat shoes out of my head these past couple weeks. The boat shoe is a classic silhouette, and has been embraced the past few years by the younger set which has caused various companies including Nike and Vans to introduce the style to their Spring/Summer (S/S) collections. Last Year Complex did a top 10 boat shoes of summer and even an article on how to tie them. While it may still be too cold to rock them, I don’t think it too soon to prepare mentally and visually. Jeans, shorts, pants, khaki’s whatever you got boat shoes can handle them. Dressed up, or down in the spring and summer time you can’t go wrong with a pair but of course remember the golden rule NO SOCKS.

A quick history on boat shoes the modern shoe was invented by Paul Sperry in 1935 which is why the Sperry Top Sider is the go to boat shoe followed by Sebago. Think of them as the Pepsi and Coke of boat shoes. Nothing wrong with the classics but as the pics will show you can always grab a Dr.Pepper or Sprite. Now without further ado, hit the jump for pictures of shoes and the people that rock them well. despite some wearing socks >:( Warning, there quite a few pictures not for 56k, assuming you still live in the past. More >