Reviews of Crown Northampton's Harlestone sneaker can't seem to stop asking if they're the best sneaker in the world. A few say it outright. Almost all of them ... Read More...
Pacific Northwest bootmaking is in many ways the antithesis of "minimalist" or "barefoot" footwear. PNW workboot makers love tons of leather, crazy arch support... Read More...
In the third episode of our SOLE SEARCHING: Tokyo video series, I visited the Clinch Boots retail shop to meet with the brand’s founder, Minoru Matsuura.
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As global connectivity and hungry hobbyists have uncovered prodigious bootmakers in some of Asia’s most far-flung regions, Vietnam has stayed relatively quiet.
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We've been at the Stitchdown Shoecast—our podcast, if you couldn't tell from the clever name—for almost five years now. In that time, there have been requests f... Read More...
Editor's Note: I've been in touch with Andrew Turriff for over two years now—we ran this interview with him back in January 2023. I've really enjoyed the behind... Read More...
15 years ago Viberg was pretty firmly Canada’s most hardcore logging and industrial boot company. Since Brett Viberg took over the reins of the nearly 100-year-... Read More...
In the first episode of our five-part Sole Searching: Tokyo series, we spent most of our day in Asakusa, Tokyo’s historic shoemaking area that’s by far the most... Read More...
There are many fantastic footwear cities in this world—places that make and sell sublime boots and shoes. But it’s quite possible that none can match Tokyo.
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Indian brand Bridlen has been making shoes in one form or another since 1986, first as a white label factory, and now under their own name. So naturally, when a... Read More...
