Sperry Top-Sider is a brand of boat shoe designed in 1935 by Paul Sperry, older brother of author/illustrator Armstrong Sperry. Sperry was an avid boater who, like most boaters, risked injury while walking on the slippery deck of his boat.

He had tried without success to design a shoe that would provide improved traction. His successful design was inspired by the pattern of grooves or cracks on his dog's feet and combined a leather upper-shoe with a herringbone pattern of grooves on the sole. The cutting of grooves in the sole of the Top-Sider was an implementation of a process of splitting or siping a shoe sole invented and patented in the 1920s by John Sipe.

The brand is owned by Collective Brands Inc. Performance and Lifestyle Group, formerly Stride Rite Corporation. The brand currently uses the advertising slogan "A Passion for the Sea". Sperry product still features its signature non-slip soles.

Today, the boat shoe remains popular with younger generations. Everyone from elementary school kids through teens in middle school and high school, and college students. Students in American preparatory schools are also seen wearing them. East coast fashion is often seen incorporating the shoe as well.

in junk junkies,ours is a size 44.

marked at RM70.





there signature anti-friction mark.

if you like their shoes and wanna know more...

visit: http://www.sperrytopsider.com/store/

& if you love the sea like YC....their webbie will light up your day (^_^).




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