The Loafer Moves Into the Sheepskin: JW Anderson Gives Ugg's Classic Boot and Tasman a Dress-Shoe Education

JW Anderson has teamed up with Ugg on a new collection that takes two of the brand's best-known silhouettes, the Classic Boot and the Tasman, and works the language of the loafer into them. It's a crossover of two shoe types that rarely share a closet: the loafer, with its tailored polish, and the sheepskin boot, made for comfort. For readers who wear the Classic Boot from a New York sidewalk to an Aspen lodge, the appeal is that a familiar shape now borrows the manners of a smarter shoe. The archive will note the pairing by name: Ugg, JW Anderson, and two house staples that now speak loafer.

With reporting from Footwear News.