Stitchdown - Wear Better Shoes

It’s Here: Grant Stone’s New Women’s “Clara” Loafer

Launching two years ago with the Nora plain toe boot, Grant Stone's women's line is something of an outlier: Goodyear welted boots on patterns and lasts designed from the ground up with build quality and components identical to their mens boots. W... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: New Nicks Cypress, Lots o’ Loafers, Some Top-Notch Sales, and More

As Ben recovers from galavanting through a best-hits-list of Japanese bootmakers in Tokyo (lots and lots of video coming!!), I'm here to reiterate that the pre-order deadline for our Russell Fishing Oxford makeups have been extended through Friday Ma... Read More...

Rancourt - Classic Ranger Moc - Olive Bulldog

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Our Otis Indy Boot is Back, a 195th Anniversary Tricker’s Tromp, and more

And this is what we call a nice strong varied roundup right here! Keep reading to watch the count on our own active pre-order collabs hit three, a Shinki Latigo horsehide duo, plenty of summer-ready handsewns and chukkas, and more, in the latest: Sho... Read More...

How the 195-Year-Old Tricker’s Factory Never Stops Innovating (Thanks to Some Pushing)

Even admist the spectrum of very old shoemakers in the very old shoemaking epicenter of Northampton, England, you won't find one a day older than Tricker's. Founded in 1829 before moving to its new factory on a stretch of St Michael's Road in 1904... Read More...

Division Road x White's - C461 Collection

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Our Very Own Russell Collab, A Sprung-Toe Trio and Division Road, a Whole Lot of RDT at Standard & Strange, and more

So, you probably like boots and shoes. You likely wouldn't be on this incredibly nerdy website if you didn't! Maybe trying them on for hours at a time, to finally find that perfect size and then just explode with joy. Let's imagine you enjoy talking ... Read More...

Chisos Founder Will Roman on How Cowboy Boots Will Save Us All

For the closeout episode of season 11 (wtf???) of the Stitchdown Shoecast, I sat down with Will Roman, founder of Chisos Boots, a young and growing brand out of Austin, Texas that I dare say offers one of the best values in a legitimately well made, ... Read More...

Division Road x Viberg - Luxe Janus Calf

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Luxe Viberg Suede at Division Road, Rancourt’s new Khaki Collection, Historic Tassel Loafers at Brogue, and more

Turns out Spring means suede! This time around we've got as many Viberg releases as we can remember, Rancourt's new khaki collection, Alden loafers (and a history lesson) from Brogue, Oak Streets, and more, in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week!... Read More...

Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome 2023-24 Open Dome Winner—Fortis Boots Tapak 2.0 Engineer Boot—Indonesian Pull Up Leather

Every Single Winner from the 2023-24 Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome

All boots look better worn hard and loved deeply. Not exactly a controversial statement! But we decided to put it to really the test all over again, in the third-annual Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome presented by Grant Stone, Nicks Boots, and Stand... Read More...

Bob Henderson Handmade Boots Popov Leather HERO

Exploring What “Handmade” Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson

For the penultimate episode of the 11th season of the Stitchdown Shoecast, I’m quite excited indeed to be chatting with the just ridiculously talented man they call Bob Henderson. Bob is the operations manager at Popov Leather, the bustling leathergo... Read More...

Viberg N1 Field Shoes—Marine Field Roughout—Withered Fig

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Vibergpalooza, Østmo x Iron Boots Drop 10, S&S x Wesco Last Chance, and more

We've got anniversaries, endings, and new beginnings this week. You'll also find a whole hell of a lot of Viberg, including new N-1 models from Withered Fig and 35th anniversary models from Brooklyn Clothing, as well as the latest drop from Østmo and... Read More...