Trusted by sailors, busted by frat dudes, and singularly indicative of WASPs, the humble boat shoe fell out fashion's favor a long time ago. But, finally, the time is right to redeem the loafer of the sea.

The charge began, as it often does, with the always-avant Miu Miu. Prada's painfully potent sibling sent out flattened boat shoes as part of its Spring/Summer 2024 collection , granting its models the disinterested, lived-in loucheness of Saltburn 's preppy failkids. Shop boat shoes Want to stay in the loop? We've got you covered Download the Highsnobiety App now

First fashion zuzhed up the Mary Jane ; next it came for the loafer and ballet flat. Boat shoes were the next logical progression, in terms of reclaiming prep school footwear.

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