The sneaker and welted footwear worlds are (very slowly) colliding, and Rory Fortune is smack in the middle of the two.
In 2019, Rory and his wife Lauren set... Read More...
With our second Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome in the rearview mirror and the third-annual shoe-and-boot contest on the horizon, we’re picking back up with our H... Read More...
Color 8 is perhaps the most famous—and certainly most ubiquitous—shade of Horween's legendary shell cordovan.
Color 8 boxboard shell cordovan, the same base ... Read More...
King Wing fans rejoice—for the first time ever, Grant Stone is releasing a Horween shell cordovan longwing blucher.
While the longwing is an essential stap... Read More...
The latest collaboration between NYC shoe paradise Leffot and Maine moccasin masters Rancourt & Co. checks ample boxes: a beacon for Ivy style enthusiasts; ... Read More...
Grant Stone’s mainstay shell cordovan offerings are about to get some new blood: Horween Garnet Shell Cordovan.
This is the third Horween shell that Grant Ston... Read More...
Crockett & Jones has been a stalwart institution of Northampton—England’s famous shoemaking town—since 1879. In relation to the brand’s 143-year existence, ... Read More...
This piece was created in partnership with Crown Northampton, but that doesn't really matter—Stitchdown would never publish a partner piece with a brand or prod... Read More...
Nick Horween is a fifth-generation tanner at the eponymous Horween Leather Co., the Chicago powerhouse that creates Chromexcel, shell cordovan, and an endless a... Read More...
SHELL CORDOVAN! That most magical of shoe leathers. King of shine, paragon of durability, bastion of beauty. There really is nothing quite like it.
But shell... Read More...
