We must forget the Native American origins of the moccasin and concentrate on its chic meaning, which emerged in the 1920s and exploded in the 1960s, forever making this shoe one of the avatars of golden youth, of aspirants to social ascension and, as time goes by, paunchy bourgeois.
In turn or in concert, the zazous with knitted ties, the sappers in colorful costumes, the women with an assumed androgynous style, the Italians without socks, the artists or scruffy intellectuals have fortunately come to shake up the preppy pedigree of moccasins with a recipe that has proves itself: mix and match.
We take a classic wardrobe element and take it out of its aesthetic comfort zone. Without pushing the vice so far as to wear moccasins with an evening dress, combining them with work overalls in large blue canvas or with the radical black and white of the Japanese wardrobe can be interesting.
Fashion has gone further in transgression by reinventing the moccasin itself, in its shape, its material, its colors. From the floral printed leather versions of Gucci to those with large soles of Bottega Veneta, including the diversion of the supporting bib (triangle logo at Prada or large gold metal links at JW Anderson), there is plenty to do. True audacity consists of always wearing the most classic version, without being classic yourself.