Men can broadly be divided into two main categories when it comes to their attitude towards clothing and accessories. The first kind of man is the mans man or the traditional man who only really sees clothes as something to keep them covered and a necessary evil that they have to spend money on. The second type of man is the fashion conscious man who takes a lot of care of the way he looks and dresses and spends a fair amount of time as well as money on locating the best that money can buy. He also likes to invest in accessories and a fair amount of time and energy on personal grooming and on his appearance. This second type of man is relatively a new animal on the social scene and a term has been coined to describe this kind of man, metro sexual.

For the first time ever this season there is a style trend in clothing and accessories for men though that has all men scrambling towards the nearest shoe store to get themselves a pair of new shoes. The new trend and hot fashion tip of this season for men is mens boat shoes. These shoes are popular with metrosexuals this season as they are with the average man who just wants a pair of shoes to keep his feet protected and there are a number of reasons for this popularity that cuts across all ages and all types of men.

The first reason is that boat shoes are very stylish. Since they were first invented in 1923, boat shoes have always been a very cool style of shoes. Though their popularity has waxed and waned they have always been quite a popular style with men, even those men who have never seen or been on a boat and have no intention of ever changing that fact. That is because not only are boat shoes very stylish, they also carry with them the associations of being on a boat and having a life filled with luxury and travels to exotic destinations.

On a more real note mens boat shoes are also very comfortable as they were designed to be working shoes that you spent all day in. As such they are great shoes to work or play in as they keep your feet comfortable and you can also wear them around the year with or with socks.