Alden Archives - Stitchdown

Alden x Engineered Garments - Slip on Chukka

Where Did the Eyelets on My Chukkas Go?

The history of the chukka boot is a little ambiguous. Depending on which retelling you hear, it features characters including the Duke of Windsor, Marlon Brando... Read More...

Curtis Bosch—Alden Madison—Stitchdown Shoecast

Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison Ford

Alden Madison is one of the essential New York City shoe stores, stocking and selling more Alden shoes and boots than likely anywhere else in the world. This... Read More...

Rose Anvil—Weston Kay-Shoecast Interview

Rose Anvil’s FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation

We're back with Weston Kay, the one and only Rose Anvil from the new streaming video platform "YouTube", to discuss the shame he feels for the criminal act of c... Read More...

Talking to Rose Anvil (About More Than JUST Alden Indy Boots)

A little over three years ago, Weston Kay cut some Dr. Martens boots in half on YouTube. Today, millions of people watch videos of him cutting all sorts of othe... Read More...

Dress Shoes Deep Dive! What Makes a Fantastic Dress Shoe? Plus Recs at All Price Points.

Occasionally we discuss boots on this podcast, but that doesn't mean we don't love and appreciate a great dress shoe as well. In the FINAL episode of Season ... Read More...

Grant Stone—Traveler Penny Loafer—Chestnut Calflf

Summer Shoes! Surely Incomplete But Still Damn Useful Recommendations on Loafers, Handsewns, Boot-Shoes, and More

Summer shoes! Those are just...boots, right? Apparently not! In a Shoecast episode for which we applied 120 SPF sunscreen (to our shoes), Ticho and I first f... Read More...

Are Some of The World’s Best Dress Shoes Becoming…Chonk??

Not so long ago, if you were attending a wedding, or taking an important job interview, and asked a knowledgeable shoe friend for advice on what to wear, there ... Read More...

Meet the Stitchdown x Alden Madison Stitchup 3: an Indy Boot Homage

For far, far too long, the guys at Alden Madison in NYC and I were going back and forth and back again on what our third Stitchup boot should be. We all agreed ... Read More...

New Shoe Shop Alert: Dashing Chicago Is Primed to Get Creative with Alden, Edward Green, and More

If any new brick-and-mortar retailer focusing on quality footwear opens up in the US, it’s a story. But when that store sells Edward Green and Alden (including ... Read More...

alden stitchdown stitchup 2 horween arabica lux leather

The Stitchdown x Alden Madison Stitchup 2 Boot Has Arrived—Here’s How to Get a Pair

It's here: the Stitchup 2 boot in Horween's intriguing, versatile, honestly just fantastic Arabica Lux leather. You come up with an idea for an Alden boot, y... Read More...