I HAD WAY TOO MANY OF THIS SHOES, THEY WERE MY FAVOURITE NEXT TO THE WEEJUNS PENNY LOAFERS FROM BASS....

Definitely a late 80's thing. I am 32 and wore these from 4th through 7th grade. The "cool" kids had the curlicued laces and nerds just wore them tied in big bows instead and always had to stop and tie them in the halls.

oh geez, I remember taking my daughter school shopping and she HAD to have these! But I have to admit that they wore really well and I think she still has them.

These shoes were more popular with the white kids. Black kids wore a shoe similar to the one pictured called Sebago. Everyone wore the Bass sandals and flip flops however!

thanks for the image i'm 31 and was thinking about this trend...i just bought a pair of eastlands...im bringing it back!!!

I love Bass penny loafers and especially the bucks. I just bought a new pair of bucks recently.

Just bought a pair of Eastlands ... LOL !!! It's the Falmouths if ya'll wanna go and get yourselves a pair!! Love them

I loved these shoes when I was in high school. Very comfortable. I wish I could find a pair now!

I graduated from high school smack in the middle of the 80s, 1985. It's interesting that all through high school when I thought I was being an original, I was actually just wearing what a few million other people were wearing too. I am pretty sure I had a pair of Bass Weejuns but these look surprisingly similar to L.L. Bean Blucher mocs which I am almost sure I had as well as L.L. Bean boat shoes. I had those boat shoes for about 20 years (my feet didn't grow past 7th grade). To Nina, you can probably find Bass Weejuns on the Bass shoes website or just get a pair of Bluchers from Bean.

I still have a pair of these called Sebagos... I am white, I went to an ALL white school... Everyone wore the Sebagos at my school so I disagree with sdianah... These are the most comfortable shoes I own!

Oh yeah, and the curl lace at the end was called a prep knot!

Those siting the "Sebago" have their shoe "history" mistaken as the "Sebago" was a Docksider "boat" shoe worn WITHOUT socks (of course!) and were in their peak around 1985-1986 which were REPLACED in 1986 by the Bass shoe with the round Yellow/Green laces "curled" into the beehive style knots you no longer tied. This was all right as Coca Cola rugby shirts gained popularity. I seem to remember Argyle socks being the thing to wear with these bass shoes (as well as barefoot again) I'm sure. Eaatland is shoe company MORE known for their own version on Sebago docksiders, but I do see they now offer a "Falmouth" greatly resembling the Bass shoe with those easily identifiable laces. Basically the typical "docksider" usually have "plain" leather square laces and the TRUE ones designed for boats used a WHITE sole as to not mark the decks unlike the dark ones, aka the "cool" Sebagos. Another thing known to accompany the barefoot dockside wearer was a pair of OP (Ocean Pacific) Hawaiian drawstring shorts. Any of this ringing bells? I'm telling you, I have a memory of an elephant. Want to get into "moon boots" or winter glovers with designs that only responded to temperature also known as Freezy Freakies? lol....

I wore the quarter top lace up I don’t know what they are called They were my favorite one is scratched on the left like a lighter shade that you would have to run out Lol I sure wish I could find a pair used or new my favorite