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Grant Stone’s Wyatt Gilmore on the Brand’s Origin Story, Leather Selection, The Luxurious Wide-Width Life, and More

Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore is one of the people we most love talking to in the entire footwear industry—so it was high time we had him on the Shoecast. While we spend plenty of time discussing how GS develops new models, and chooses leathers, and ho... Read More...

What Each Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Judge Will be Looking For

The Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome is coming up Oct 1, in case you haven’t heard. And the concept underpinning this whole crazy/wonderful venture—wear the hell out of your boots (or shoes!) while still caring about them deeply, and let’s all watch wha... Read More...

The Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome: The Official Rules

The Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome is the preeminent event fostering both community and friendly competition in naturally-developed footwear patina. The Dome starts on Oct 1 2021, and at the end of it all our esteemed, leatherbound judges will select ... Read More...

LIVE: The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games

Welcome to a very, very special Shoecast episode! The entire shoe world has been on the edge of its heels waiting for 2030th Shoelympics to kick off from Northampton, England, and the Shoecast has secured exclusive coverage of the opening ceremonies!... Read More...

Viberg Archive Sale on Marrkt, Round 2: Coming This Wednesday. Here’s The Details.

Two weeks ago, high-end consignment site Marrkt put about 100 pairs of boots from Viberg on sale. This Wednesday, July 28 (2021), they're reloading in a big way, and going far deeper on makeups than last time. While we'll all have to see exactly w... Read More...

Clinch Yeager Boots - Natural RO (worn 3 months NB)

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: a Clinch Classic Returns, Two-Tone Aldens, and a Bitter, Bitter Boot Feud

Howdy, pardners. We appear to be in a bit of a lull for new releases during these dog days of summer, but we’re back this week to share the goods on some new stuff trickling in. Read on to learn about some intriguing collabs between Alden and Todd Sn... Read More...

Nick Horween on if Rare Shell Cordovan is Actually Rare, the CXL Lottery, and How to Tan Leather Responsibly

Nick Horween is a fifth-generation tanner at the eponymous Horween Leather Co., the Chicago powerhouse that creates Chromexcel, shell cordovan, and an endless array of some of the best boot leathers in the world. So he, uh, knows a lot about leather.... Read More...

Shoegazing’s Jesper Ingevaldsson on The Dangerous Fallacy of “Handmade” Shoes, The Coming Dress/Rugged Crossover, and Who Needs Bespoke

It's completely possible that Jesper Ingevaldsson knows more about shoes than anyone alive. Jesper IS Shoegazing, the seminal and just monumentally good blog covering quality footwear, mostly in the classic dress category. Over the past decade he's t... Read More...

Viberg’s Archive Sale on Marrkt: Everything You Need To know

Canadian superbootmaker Viberg's sample sales are legendary—they're as much a gathering of the bootnoscenti as a place to buy excellent boots at excellent-er prices. But there hasn't been once since May 2019! You know, worldwide pandemic and all. ... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Parkhurst Heaven, Meermin Shell-Seas, and a Unique Nick’s Collab

My goodness, a release roundup without any new Vibergs? I haven’t seen one of those in ages. (Although they are still running their Friends and Family Event through today if you want to score a 15% discount, by the way. And Division Road also has a V... Read More...