The end result is a shoe that's just as stylish and wearable as most casual sneakers, built with the utility of a rain boot. The high-top silhouette has a simple toe box, a traditional lacing system with metal eyelets, a heel pull-tab, and a natural rubber sole. With all the necessary attributes of a boot that matter for staying dry, the rest of the shoe design is closer to a sneaker. The shoe features a waterproofed suede upper, sealed seams, gusseted tongues, and extra rubber foxing around the perimeter to ensure leak-free wear. The SeaVees Mariners, on the other hand, is a very rare exception because of the brand's minimal and casual approach to design. When sportswear or boot companies haphazardly slap performance materials that clearly come from a sneaker onto a bulkier silhouette, the resulting hybrid is confusing aesthetically and sometimes harder to wear than a normal sneaker or a normal boot.
On paper, the idea of sneaker-boot is genius, but I almost always hate them as soon as they come to life. The company calls itself the maker of "the original casual sneaker," but I finally came to appreciate the brand for a shoe that's actually more of a rain boot: the SeaVees Mariners.Īt first (and even second) glance, they look like sneakers, and that's actually what makes them a huge winner for me. SeaVees has been around since 1964, and while I had heard of the brand, I always overlooked its footwear. I needed shoes that were casual and comfortable like my sneakers, but still fully functional in the rain - and I found them at a brand called SeaVees. On rainy days, I typically find myself struggling to choose the lesser of two evils: sacrificing my sneakers that are alright at keeping my feet dry but probably too nice to get soaking wet, or wearing winter boots that are fully waterproof, but definitely overkill for rain and puddles.
Maybe if I had a slick yellow rain jacket to match, but that's a whole lot of look. It'd be hard to argue that they're not useful for everyone at one point or another, but I just can't see myself trucking through the rain in calf-high rubber galoshes. I get it rain boots have a distinct purpose of keeping feet dry.
As someone who loves shoes, I'm very open to trying new styles (hence my more-than-100-pair collection), but there are certain types of shoes that I just won't wear - and rain boots are at the top of my list.
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