Boat Shoes vs. Camp Mocs

"Boat Shoes" may have become the trendy catchall label this season, but what are the differences between actual Boat Shoes and Camp Mocs?

“Boat shoes” have been trendy this year. On the fashion runways this season, all kinds of styles of shoes have been lumped together and called “boat shoes” - such as by British Vogue – including Camp Mocs, Driving Mocs, Blucher Mocs with their 4 eyelet tie, and the Timberland 3-eye with a lug sole moccasin type shoe that my father wore in the 80s.

But if you are shopping for shoes, “Boat Shoes” should refer to a specific type of shoe. And if you just ask for a Boat Shoe and actually get it, one might be missing out on something better suited.