https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:10:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334980 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:29:37 +0000 Carol 2334980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>suntiger</b>--they look pretty great for paddleboarding. and if you had to, you could pop into a beach cafe for a cappuccino.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334953 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:39:54 +0000 Anonymous 2334953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are my boat shoes! But my boat is a paddleboard- and as soon as I'm launched they get tucked under the ropes with my life vest, etc </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334700 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 01:44:57 +0000 Carol 2334700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Angie</b>--thanks for the rec! I have heard of them, but not tried them.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Janet</b>--I do have several pairs of sneakers for work.&nbsp; I'm aiming for slip-ons. Your rose gold shoes sound fantastic!</p> <p><b>Jaime</b>--I think it was definitely a mistake!</p> <p><b>Kari</b>--with the ubiquitousness of TV series, I would not be surprised. Thanks for the recs.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334552 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 04:26:01 +0000 Kari 2334552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Did the person who wrote the dress code watch Succession and think “Wow, that sounds like a great way to run a company?” A character was shamed for wearing boat shoes in the first season.)</p> <p>I was also thinking ECCO slip-ons like those that Angie linked to, and for cooler weather (if you find ECCO as comfortable as I do), look at the Soft 7 flat bootie, which has zips on the sides and is easy to slip into &amp; zip up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334518 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 01:18:50 +0000 Jaime 2334518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds random and perhaps boat shoes was not exactly what the writer meant? Great suggestions that I can't beat upthread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334478 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:23:07 +0000 Janet 2334478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How oddly specific! I had a pair of rose gold Sperrys that I loved until I decided to pass them along when my style shifted. But I think there are plenty of great alternatives! Sneakers are so ubiquitous now that I saw pretty much every age of stylish person in Paris wearing them!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334472 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:12:31 +0000 Angie 2334472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Carol, </b>I'd like to recommend ECCO slip-ons! Have many happy clients in those. You can click through the colour options. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334444 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:43:27 +0000 Carol 2334444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Jenn</b>--for sure, and the story is, the manual used to say "no Crocs." Then there was a mini-controversy when two employees ordered Crocs-style shoes from the employee work shoes catalog (so very approved), and the store manager let the guy wear them, but not the woman. Luckily, she was unfazed, and made her case.</p> <p><b>kellygirl</b>--They are cute, and now I want some. Maybe with a trip to the Hamptons and a clam bake.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Olive Green</b>--In New Mexico, I have never, never seen a man wear these. But you're right--without socks would be a problem. Mostly the smell.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Dee</b>--Skechers is a great idea, and now I see online they have something called Slip Ins, which would be ideal.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334443 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:38:20 +0000 Carol 2334443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Sal</b>--You know I think that's what it used to say? I wonder if they really do mean Crocs. There's a whole story there.</p> <p><b>Glory</b>--sound like great shoes. However, everyone is telling me most boat shoes have good grip.</p> <p><b>Allora</b>--I also think of Top Siders--exactly that.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Karie</b>--I agree, they should be fine. They are not too casual for my work. I seriously wonder if the author just didn't understand, and said that instead of whatever shoe they had in their head.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Cee</b>--now that is a boat shoe! And would be a total hazard in the grocery back room. :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334442 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:23:27 +0000 Dee 2334442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh boy that is interesting, I too am wondering who this is specifically directed too. Perhaps, it is as Olive Green mentions meant towards guys who wear their boat shoes barefoot. </p> <p>As another alternative, you could wear Skechers, if you have them where you live. Darn comfortable and come in many styles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334433 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 10:23:40 +0000 Olive Green 2334433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the boat shoes reference was more for men. There is a select group who wear shorts, a polo, and boat shoes as a casual business uniform. Without socks, which may be the problem?&nbsp;<br />Met up with this guy uniform quite a few times, showing cars, real estate, and working retail in general.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334422 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 04:43:05 +0000 kellygirl 2334422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What, no preppy Sperrys? I had Topsiders back in the day and they were so cute! Surely, the person who wrote that has no idea what a boat shoe is! How funny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334419 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 03:31:11 +0000 Jenn 2334419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first thought was the same as Sal’s that maybe they meant Crocs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334415 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 03:12:25 +0000 Cee 2334415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm... Maybe they meant these: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334405 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 01:09:40 +0000 Karie 2334405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get no heels or open toes for safety reasons, but no boat shoes is very strange indeed! I believe boat shoes came about so that people wouldn’t slip on wet boat surfaces. So that type of shoe should be good in a work environment, unless they are deemed too casual? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334401 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:51:34 +0000 Anonymous 2334401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I hear “boat shoes” I think of Sperry Top Siders.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334385 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:19:16 +0000 LJP 2334385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vans have nice slip on styles that are fun . I wear mine frequently to work , along with some lace-up styles . You might say I have a small collection </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334384 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:18:02 +0000 Glory 2334384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohh I wonder if they mean specifically as I had a gorgeous silver pair of boat shoes which I had to toss because they were so slippery. My DH has a pair which are also dangerous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334383 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:16:10 +0000 Sal 2334383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that seems weird? Do they mean Crocs - people wear these at the beach and near the water. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334378 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:07:14 +0000 Carol 2334378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Sally</b>--I love that look. I think it belongs at Sprouts!</p> <p><b>LJP</b>--excellent idea. I do like a good sneaker and have never had Vans. Right now I have in rotation plum retro Pumas, and orange Nike Air Forces.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334377 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:04:37 +0000 Carol 2334377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou--I don't think they did! I think this was an ill-thought-out set of directions that someone made up without understanding footwear.</p> <p>Suz--Uggs are surely too casual. Boat shoes--I have trouble seeing them as too casual. Especially since we can wear any sneakers. I truly wonder if some corporate person was in a bad mood and saw an employee wearing boat shoes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>For reference, I work at Sprouts in vitamins. It's a large health food store with hundreds of locations.&nbsp; Some of us need to wear sneakers, some of us don't. I'm thinking a fairly slip-free slip-on will do.&nbsp; But I probably won't try a boat shoe... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334376 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:59:43 +0000 LJP 2334376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vans . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334374 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:51:42 +0000 Sally 2334374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Boat shoes are a uniform of elegant casualness for some groups of people.&nbsp; I'm thinking of the open shirt, chinos and boat shoes look.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334370 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:38:45 +0000 Suz 2334370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They could not have meant all loafers!&nbsp;</p> <p>Do they think boat shoes are too casual, or what? But then, no heels...what are they worried about? Falls and insurance claims? Boat shoes would be a safe choice for that because they usually have non slip soles! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334367 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:35:25 +0000 rachylou 2334367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They must have meant boat shoes specifically, not all loafers… could they have really meant all loafers? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-boat-shoes#post-2334364 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:05:30 +0000 Carol 2334364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They posted the employee dress code recently by the time clock. I don't know if it changed, but here's what it said:</p> <p>no heels<br />no exposed toes<br />no Ugg-style shoes<br />no boat shoes</p> <p>No boat shoes? The others make sense, but boat shoes are so specific! I laugh, because I'm guessing they meant loafers. But technically these parameters open up a LOT of footwear choices for me.</p> <p>I used to wear ballet flats and loafers because my department has few health hazards. But since that posting I have been a good sport and eliminated those, choosing only sneakers.&nbsp;</p> <p>This message is from corporate, so individual managers also will not be able to interpret it correctly. Therefore, assuming my department is fairly safe, I'm going to opt back into slip-ons, at least sometimes. Toms are always on the radar, but do you know of any cute slip-ons that would be great to work in?&nbsp;</p> <p>(Pictured is a boat shoe.) :D</p>