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Hey So What’s Everyone Wearing at the Viberg Sample Sale?

For four days in Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Viberg sample sale is the epicenter of the True Boot Believers universe. Viberg ships out more than 800 pairs of unsold stock, samples, seconds, and one-off, just-tinkering-around-projects from their ... Read More...

Brian The Bootmaker Alden Indy Mini Ripple Resole

Watch Brian the Bootmaker Resole an Indy Boot With a Vibram Mini-Ripple

If you haven't seen Brian the Bootmaker's boot resoling videos, you need to change that immediately. Luckily one opportunity is right below! Los Angeles-based Brian is a guy who wears many hats, including the literal fedora hat he's basically neve... Read More...

Meet Fashion Legend Grahame Fowler—and His Ridiculous Tricker’s Collection

If a cat has nine lives, then Grahame Fowler is somewhere between 17 and 22 cats. Painter. Chef. Footwear obsessive. Former owner of almost 20 menswear stores. Collaborator with Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake. Rolex stockpiler. Collector of 74 v... Read More...

Very Cool Summer Shoe: The Alden Ranger Mocc Mackworth

Alden makes so many wonderful shoes that inevitably some of just don't get as much buzz, as if they were the 14th kid in a farming family whose broadcast seeder skills are just totally overlooked One could say that's the case with the Ranger Mocc,... Read More...

Want Shell Cordovan Loafers for Just $350? Meermin’s Got ‘Em.

Stichdown has been a little loafer-happy recently, but hey—'tis the season. And don't expect us to stop being shell cordovan-happy anytime soon—it's one of the most beautiful, unique, and durable shoe leathers in the world. It's also damned expens... Read More...

This Vintage Alden Catalog is a Beautiful Shockwave of Shoe Nostalgia

Alden has a long history of making some of the finest shoes available anywhere in the world. Unsurprisingly, they also make a mean sales catalog/manual to guide retailers through their lasts, models, and overall philosophy. While talking to the ow... Read More...

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Red Wing Iron Ranger: A Four-Year Review of a Timeless Boot

They say it's dangerous to meet your heroes. Before I bought my first pair, Red Wing Iron Ranger boots met that classification. I saw them on the streets. I stared longingly at pictures of them beaten to hell and rich with patina. At night I dreamed,... Read More...

The Best Unlined Loafers for Spring and Summer

While structure is so important to quality footwear that fits well and stands the test of time, spring and summer tend to require something a little different out of shoes—namely comfort, especially if you're the kind of person who begins hating sock... Read More...

Boot I Can’t Stop Staring at: Wesco Axe Breaker

Long before I launched Stitchdown, I had a serious problem with shoes and boots: I couldn't stop looking at them. In stores, on Instagram, on shoemakers' websites, on shops' websites, on the feet of basically every single person I walked past. It's p... Read More...

Thorogood Moc Toe Boot In Tobacco Leather

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Thorogood Moc Toe Boot: A Five-Year Review of One of the Best Values in Boots

One of my all-time most-loved—and absolutely my most-used—pairs of footwear is the deeply classic Thorogood Moc Toe boot. I've done everything imaginable in these rugged but impressively versatile babies, from chainsawing down trees, to climbing a (s... Read More...