They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Whoever "they" is. The best part of imitation is the fact that you get a choice, which is why we've been asking, "who did it better?" for the past few weeks when sneaker brands start to look similar. With the recent string of favorable weather, the Sperry Seamates released for Sperry's 75th Anniversary celebration are the perfect transition into your warm weather sneaks.
Sperry is one of the originators of the boat shoe steez, but we could have sworn we'd seen the silhouette somewhere before. Turns out we were right, The Converse Sea Star bares one helluva resemblance to it's boat-sneaker predecessor. So who wins? O.G. or young-blood? Check the pictures and then cast your vote below to tell us who did this sneaker-ized boat shoe better...
Converse Sea Star
Buy it Now at UBIQ for $55
vs.
Sperry Seamate
Buy it Now at Sperry Topsider for $75
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Toxic T March 22nd, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I'm gunna have to go Sperry all the way... much better fabric choice for a deck shoe. plust its just a sexier silhouette. the converse one is like a fake..."almost"
William Munnerlyn March 22nd, 2010 at 05:17 PM
converse
justnorman March 22nd, 2010 at 05:53 PM
sperry for sure. converse just looks like a bad repro of something that's been done before JUSTNORMAN JUSTNORMAN
M.Wanzer March 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 AM
I have to buck the trend, I def think the converse ones look better, they look "classically edgy" (if that makes sense). BUT, those Navy blue ones on Sperry's site are the best out of them all
Shoosters March 26th, 2010 at 01:35 AM
I have to say converse as well. I like both of them, but converse looks to be the better shoe.