Wickett & Craig has been making leather for a long time, at least if you consider 153 years to be a long time. The Curwensville, PA-based operation exclusiv... Read More...
Something I didn’t know before I interviewed White’s Boots president Eric Kinney: except for a few years here and there, a bootmaker has run the company for alm... Read More...
2019 was a busy year over here. An amazingly meaningful collaboration with Mark Albert Boots. The launch of benefits-laden membership Stitchdown Premium. 516 In... Read More...
Taft is a brand that lives in a unique space—and if you've ever seen their shoes or boots, you probably already know that.
The four-year-old Utah-based brand... Read More...
In 2011, Andrew Chen, co-founder of seminal denim brand 3sixteen, met Brett Viberg at Bread & Butter, the Berlin trade show to end all trade shows (at that ... Read More...
And we're back with more of the barnburner "Ron Rider On" series!
This time, the owner of Rider Boot Company (be sure to check out the rollicking Ron Rider O... Read More...
When faced with a decision of which pair of shoes to choose from Heinrich Dinkelacker—the 140-years-young German brand which creates some of the more unboundedl... Read More...
Grant Stone founder Wyatt Gilmore makes great shoes in China, and he's damn proud of it.
Named after a legendary Alden salesman whose Manhattan accounts Wyat... Read More...
Ron Rider is a character.
A few months ago, I called him up to talk for an interview. I was unreasonably excited to speak with him—we'd been chasing each oth... Read More...
When a bootmaker constructs a boot, they drive nails through the upper leather, lining, heel counter, and insole. Each nail hits a steel plate mounted on the bo... Read More...