On a good day, each machine in the CHUP socks factory in Nagano, Japan makes 30 pair of socks. On a less-good day—and there are less-good days, as the machines ... Read More...
If you conducted a widespread poll to determine the top five most iconic boots in all of bootdom, it's very probable that Red Wing would lock down two spots—one... Read More...
I've been a big believer in Mark Albert Boots, and its founder Mark Barbera, since I first covered the Somerset, PA bootmaker earlier this year. Starting a shoe... Read More...
Grant Stone founder Wyatt Gilmore makes great shoes in China, and he's damn proud of it.
Named after a legendary Alden salesman whose Manhattan accounts Wyat... Read More...
About nine months ago, I decided I finally needed to get myself a pair of Tricker's. The English shoemaker's work had been calling to me, incessantly, for some ... Read More...
Ron Rider is a character.
A few months ago, I called him up to talk for an interview. I was unreasonably excited to speak with him—we'd been chasing each oth... Read More...
Stitchdown's deep journalistic coverage of the quality men's shoe world is far from free to produce, and takes a tremendous amount of time—which is why your sup... Read More...
When a bootmaker constructs a boot, they drive nails through the upper leather, lining, heel counter, and insole. Each nail hits a steel plate mounted on the bo... Read More...
3rd Avenue of Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood is thick with the patina of a once-thriving, still kinda-thriving industrial zone: welding shops, lumber yards, si... Read More...
After a number of chats—during which I attempted to bankrupt the company by drinking possibly hundreds of cans of LaCroix from the Thursday office fridge—I fina... Read More...
