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Last-Minute Patina Thunderdome Boot Recommendations

It's time once again for the world's premiere boot-wearing/-aging/-loving competition: the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome! (Yes you can wear shoes too). Once again, noble contestants from around the world will devote themselves to wearing a pair of... Read More...

Nicks Boots - Custom Configuration - Heroimage

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Ocean Blue Waxed Flesh, Sun Sensitive Leather from Y’2, and Waxy Commander Everywhere

To close out September we've got a far-reaching roundup, complete with a new Horween waxed flesh colorway at Nicks, photosensitive persimmon dye from Y'2 Leather at Standard & Strange, endless new Grant Stone models, and more, in the latest: Shoe... Read More...

Unmarked - Plain Toe DB Hunter - Waxy Commander

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: New Leathers at Grant Stone, Cheaney Chonkers, and more

This week we've got Viberg's second AW24 drop and a special collab, new leathers at Grant Stone, a fresh version of an old favorite from Unmarked, and more in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week! Oh yeah, and the 2024 Stitchdown Boot Camp line... Read More...

Viberg - Regent Shoe - Cigar French Calf

Viberg’s Latest Collection Probes The Boundaries Between Dress and Casual, and Intros a…Monk Strap?!

We're inching towards fall, which means a new Viberg collection in the format that we've come to expect: a series of drops that build out a theme using new ready-to-wear makeups, all drawing on a gradually expanding stable of patterns, lasts, leather... Read More...

Division Road x Viberg - Wholecut Boot - Stone Waxed Kudu

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Division Road x Viberg, Carl Murawski’s Tanker, Tech-Trad from Engineered Garments, and more

We've got a bountiful boot harvest this week—including the latest from Division Road and Viberg, Carl Murawski's Tanker Boots, and Tech-Trad from Engineered Garments. You'll find all that and more in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week! Check ... Read More...

Molly Monahan—Saleigh Mountain Company Cobbler—Hermann, Missouri

Molly Monahan, The Motorcycle Mechanic Turned Garlic Farmer Turned Small-Town Cobbler

When you grow up in a shoe repair shop directly next door to your actual house, it's hard to not catch the cobbling bug. But oh did Molly Monahan try to resist. After learning how to repair motorcycles and doing some farming for a bit, Molly one d... Read More...

Sagara - Cordmaster - Black Domestic Teacore

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Red Wing’s Beckman is Back! Plus New Stock from Nicks and Sagara.

In case you we're wondering we are absolutely back this week. Beckmans are back! Bandung is back! Tall boots? Back (with a vengeance)! You'll find Red Wing and Sagara goodness, new in stock boots from Nicks, Role Club at Brogue, and more, in this wee... Read More...

Jess Wootten—Wootten Boots—Australian Bootmaker

Jess Wootten on Making Boots in an Australian Gold Rush Town, and Blake Rapid Misconceptions

This week on the Shoecast I had the outright pleasure of chatting with Jess Wootten of…Wootten! The Ballarat, Australia boots and shoes and leathergoods maker that is doing some very interesting work. We covered how Jess somewhat tripped into a f... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Labor Day Sales Galore, an Unsung Fever Dream, White’s Shrunken Calf, and More

This week we're honoring the triple digit temperatures with a thematically appropriate "desert fever dream" and an all together heat-laden roundup to boot. We've got a new collab from Unsung and Standard & Strange, a new White's limited run leath... Read More...

EasyMoc’s Casual Rise and the Essential Overlap Between Pride and Manufacturing

Maine was once one of the world's most unique shoemaking powerhouses—then the 70s and 80s happened. Relentless overseas outsourcing (highlighted by the fateful purchase of Dexter Shoe Co. that Warren Buffett has since dubbed the worst investment h... Read More...