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White's Perry Hero

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Ghostly Grant Stones, DR Goes Tramping, and More

We've got a rangy one this week, spanning four continents and featuring almost as many makers as boots. We've got Grant Stone's going Ghost, Tricker's Trampers at Division Road, Russell's newest fishing oxford, and more, in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boot... Read More...
Division Road x Trickers

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: N-1 Restock at Oak Street, the New Lofgren El Capitan, The Latest from DR x Trickers, and more

We've got a couple a brand new models gracing the roundup this week, in addition to some notable releases—so without further ado lets get into Oak Street's N-1 Boondocker restock, Division Road's latest Tricker's collab, the third Viberg SS24 drop, a... Read More...
Rancourt - Acadia Chukka Redux - Natural CXL

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Viberg’s New 1905 Last, a Spring-Ready Rancourt Chukka, the Latest from Division Road, and more

I guess you just can't stop the march of time (cue the drummer). The bootmakers, at least, are spending it productively, and we've got the introduction of the Viberg's 1905 last, a new chukka from Rancourt, and more, in this week's: Shoes 'n' Boots o... Read More...
Vimes Was Wrong

Why We Obsess Over Great Boots: An Anti-Vimes Exploration

If there was a leaderboard for “ways to justify buying expensive boots,” your chart-topper would be the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness (with the second and third place going to ‘resoling’ and ‘something something mold... Read More...
Sebastian Tarek—Bespoke Shoemaker

Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World’s Greatest Shoemaking Competition

When London (by way of Australia) bespoke shoemaker Sebastian Tarek began making shoes in high school, his grandmother let him in on a little secret: he had been preceded in his journey by 18 generations of family cordwainers. After years of schoo... Read More...
Redwing - Moc Oxford - Oro Legacy

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Brand New Nicks, Red Wing Moxfords Return, Cordovan Week, and More

So we're slightly late here! Apologies! But hey we had to compile a very very good lineup, including a Red Wing oxford making a grand US return, Nicks dropping three new models in Horween's Shackleton tannage, some excellent upcoming Aldens from Leff... Read More...
Adam Goldberg—Actor Who Loves Boots Too Much—Stitchdown Shoecast

Footwear-Addled Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean’s Boots

Adam Goldberg has quite legitimately always been one of my favorite actors—and from Dazed & Confused, to the Fargo TV show, to A Beautiful Mind, he has always been EXCELLENTLY attired, right down to his boots. But he doesn't just play a person... Read More...
Division Road x EasyMoc

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of Week: Europe’s Special Iron Ranger, A Rolling Dub Quartet, a Shell Halkett at Viberg, and more

In what is perhaps a fitting reflection of the utterly random weather we've had on the eastern seaboard, we've got all sorts of boots for you this week. Tall: check. Short: check. Chonky? Sleek? Double check. We can't tell tell which ones will be ... Read More...
Wyatt & Dad Cobbler Company

Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire

Back in 1989, Tony Wyatt and his brother Ricky founded Wyatt & Dad Cobbler Company (and even trained their retired-preacher dad to do shoe repair work, so no it's not just a clever name). Thirty five years later, the operation has seen endless sw... Read More...
Rory Fortune — Goods & Services Los Angeles

Goods & Services’ Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS

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 up shop in LA's design district to open Goods & Services, a half cobbler shop / half ... Read More...
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