Boat shoes are hitting the fashion-victim hipster scene in Seattle and it's giving me a headache.

In Brooklyn, where Williamsburg bands such as Vampire Weekend originated the trend, boat shoes are being paired with preppy gear and old professor tweed jackets. Which frankly, makes sense, since most of the WASPY kids in Williamsburg have parents who summer with them in The Hamptons (the land of the boat shoe). Observe the hipster to the left in it's natural Williamsburg environment. I kind of get it. Don't you?

Here's the rub.

In Seattle, they're being paired with a John Denver haircut, a beard or optional Burt Reynolds moustache, black skinny jeans from high school, and fisherman's knit caps. It's like Eddie Vedder hit Michael J. Fox's wardrobe room. It's wrong and un-natural.

True, it could be argued that Seattle is also the land of the boat shoe as we're a maritime community, birthed Ivar Haglund, and were populated by Viking fishermen. It's a decent pro-boat shoe argument, but only holds water if you're also wearing a hand-knit sweater, a cold-water survival suit and navigating through the Straight of Juan De Fuca on your way to risk your life to fish salmon in Alaska.

I challenge boat-shoe-wearing-hipsters to embrace their Seattle Heritage: Go Gorton's Fisherman or go home.

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