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The Thursday Boot Co. Comfort Diary: Five Testers Chronicle One Month in a Pair of Captain Boots

Ed note: Thursday Boot Co. sponsored this highly(ish) scientific wear-testing study Thursday Boot Co. is unabashed about touting their footwear's comfort. In fact, the first word on their About page is, well, "Comfort." But how do the boots live u... Read More...

Paraboot Avignon Brown Grain Leather Review

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Paraboot Avignon: One-Year Review of a Wildly Comfortable, Personality-Filled Shoe

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown’s free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story When I first came across Paraboot years back—which I’m pretty sure were a pair of Michaels, their quite distinctive Tyrolean shoe—my... Read More...

Alden x Ealdwine Dillon Color 8 Shell Cordovan Boot

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Wild Vibergs, Grainy Carminas and Indys, and Plenty More Alden

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown's free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story. You won't regret it! Ok, so I'll be up front about this: there's a ton of Alden in here this week—shops are bringing it with the ma... Read More...

Preview: What Viberg Has Coming up in the Second Half of 2020

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown's free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story A couple times a year, Viberg is nice enough to stop by my hometown for the MAN show at market week, a gauntlet of trade shows at wh... Read More...

Yuketen: The World’s Most Innovative Handsewns (and So Much More)

There are no shoes in the world like Yuketens. This is not hyperbole. It's a pure and simple fact that becomes immediately evident as soon as you set eyes on Yuki Matsuda's creations, shoes and boots of beauty and daring and masterfully harnessed ... Read More...

The Heritage and Evolution of White’s Boots: The Stitchdown Conversation with Eric Kinney

Something I didn’t know before I interviewed White’s Boots president Eric Kinney: except for a few years here and there, a bootmaker has run the company for almost 170 years. Eric did it for 26 years himself, hand-sewing over 50,000 pairs. Eric ma... Read More...

DivisionRoad Viberg Brown Horsebutt Service Boot

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: John Lofgren, Lots of Viberg, a Parkhurst Collab, and More

A new year, and believe it or not, some new shoes. And boots! A number of brands and shops are coming out guns blazing in 2020—here are some of my early favorites. And don’t forget to check out all the previous Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week roundups—pl... Read More...

Viberg’s New 2020 Last: What’s the Story With This Thing?

Alright, so Viberg has a new last—dubbed the 2020—and you're going to be seeing it on plenty of derby shoe/boots and some service boot styles in, well, 2020 (the year). Here's what you need to know. The 2020 will be immediately compared to Viberg'... Read More...

John Lofgren White Shadow Shell Cordovan Combat Boots

Introducing: the John Lofgren White Shadow Shell Cordovan Combat Boot

John Lofrgren makes exactingly fantastic boots in Sendai, Japan, but as faithful interpretations of some of history's most classic styles, rarely are they something you might term "wild." Today, that all changes. Meet John Lofgren's white shadow s... Read More...

The 10 Most-Read Stitchdown Stories of 2019

2019 was a busy year over here. An amazingly meaningful collaboration with Mark Albert Boots. The launch of benefits-laden membership Stitchdown Premium. 516 Instagram posts. Hundreds of thousands of readers on 110 stories published to Stitchdown.com... Read More...