Are boat shoes acceptable? Is it still OK to wear Stan Smiths or should you upgrade? Should we all be wearing shocking trainers? One writer looks at the dos and don’ts of men’s summer footwearOn my way to buy some boat shoes the other day,I made the mistake of asking the internet what it thought of them. You can’t buy shoes without knowing what Twitter thinks. Not in 2018. There’s no worse feeling than getting home and discovering your new kicks are racist or haven’t seen Game of Thrones or something.
The responses were varied, in that they were various shades of negative: “Nigel Farage has several pairs.” “Not OK with socks. “Fine on a boat.” This newspaper’s restaurant critic, and Grace Dent,had the final word, inviting me to consider whether or not I was Simon Le Bon in Duran Duran’s Rio video. whether I was, or boat shoes were acceptable. whether not,neither were they. After a moment’s thought I concluded that, on balance, and I wasnt Simon Le Bon in the Rio video. The boat shoes were off,but what could I buy instead? Related: shocking trainers: which pair are you? Related: The edit: women’s trainers Related: The edit: men’s trainers Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com