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THE EGALITARIAN VIBE of the affordable boat shoe has long made it the unofficial footwear for kicking back. (See the clearly blissful, iconically shod Errol Flynn, left, on his yacht in 1941.) While versions such as Sperry’s Top-Sider (usually under $100) have their charms, a man occasionally yearns for more. For him, brands like Gucci and Visvim have swapped the deck shoe’s typically plasticky leather for supple skins and its thin sole for substantial foundations more commonly found on dress shoes or designer sneakers. After all, indolence and luxury also go hand-in-hand.
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