Boat shoe
Moccasin construction with a leather cord running around the shoe as lacing, usually made of oiled smooth leather, with a light rubber sole with fine siping that grips on a wet deck. Originally made for the boat, it is now a summer shoe for chinos, linen trousers and shorts, worn without socks or with no-show socks. In brown or navy it looks calm; with wool trousers and a sport coat it is too casual.
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- Penny loaferSlip-on shoe without laces, with a saddle strap across the vamp that has a small slit cut into it.
- Tassel loaferLoafer with two small leather tassels on a cord that runs around the upper and sits on the vamp.
- Horsebit loaferLoafer with a metal bar shaped like a horse bit across the vamp.
- Belgian loaferVery soft, light slip-on with a small bow on the vamp and a thin, flexible sole.
- Venetian loaferLoafer with no strap, tassel or bar at all, just vamp, seam and upper.
- Driving moccasinSoft moccasin with a sole made of rubber nubs, which often extend up over the heel.