The Sperry boat ... helps make the leather more pliable. The pieces are then pulled with pinchers over a last, which is the shoe form, and held into place with shoe tacks. The top and the bottom ...

Thus, Sperry Top-Sider was born. Seventy odd years later, this quaint company set up its first stand-alone shop in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Aside from being used for boating, the leather ...

The Aritzia x Sperry collaboration entails two styles: one the original we know and love in two exclusive leather shades, the other a slimmed-down top-sider that's never been seen before.