SPERRY TOP-SIDER

In 1935 Paul Sperry designed the original brand of boat shoes and called them Sperry Top-Siders.
Paul was an avid boater who hated the risk of sliding across the deck.
To solve this problem he wanted to design a shoe that would let him boat freely without the risk of falling.
He was watching his cocker spaniel, Prince run across the dock one day and that inspired the design of the Top-Siders.
He made the upper part of the shoe out of leather and the bottom rubber. The bottom of them had cut outs that almost resembled the bottom of his dogs foot.