When was the last time you heard of a quality footwear company’s arrival prompting phone calls from high-profile media companies like the New York Times? Back i... Read More...
Just around the bend from the Stefano Bemer shoemaking school in Florence lies the Arno, central Italy’s largest river. If you overheard Bemer students while ea... Read More...
A major car accident that devastated her short- and long-term memory almost upended Amara Hark-Weber’s life. Shoemaking gave her a new one.
The accident occurr... Read More...
Traditional cowboy boots made with kudu leather. Beautiful longwing bluchers bottomed with chonky crepe soles. An eco-conscious mashup between a sneaker and a m... Read More...
Just about one year ago, Luke Kolbie and his business partner Joe Julian took over ownership of 125-year-old Russell Moccasin: the Berlin, Wisconsin bookmaker t... Read More...
In late 2016, English shoemaker Crockett & Jones unveiled an exclusive new leather to their lineup: Russian Grain.
They seemed quite giddy to show off t... Read More...
Guthrie, Oklahoma-based Lisa Sorrell can trace her own bootmaking ancestry back to one of the first cowboy bootmakers ever: Gus Blucher (a man quite aptly named... Read More...
Manhattan-based menswear shop Leffot has an official motto: Numquam Jactate, Latin for “never boast.” In their view, looking good and dressing well doesn’t mean... Read More...
Japan's reputation as a society backboned by remarkable craftspeople is well earned. But the picture of a devoted artisan creating unmatched footwear by hand—wh... Read More...
So get this: for quite some time, one of the world's most prominent cowboy bootmakers didn't realize that women were even allowed to make boots. Good thing for ... Read More...
