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Red Wing Beckman Flatbox Review: One Year in the Japanese-Market Rugged Beauty

It’s a natural feeling to want a pair of Red Wings—a feeling certainly helped by boots from the Minnesotan maker being the most common high-quality boot to see out and about. The urge set in for me about a year ago, when I decided I needed a good wor... Read More...

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The 19 Best Men’s Slippers You Can Buy Anywhere

Great men's slippers don’t have to be the shearling-lined moccasins your brain might automatically picture (although the right pair of those is fantastic). Aesthetics are also paramount around here, and slipper design runs the gamut from the sporty s... Read More...

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Every New Alden Makeup Released in 2020: The Master List

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown’s free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story—including updates to this Alden Makeups Master List Every year, dozens of enlightened retailers across the world work with Massachus... Read More...

The Thursday Boot Co. Comfort Diary: Five Testers Chronicle One Month in a Pair of Captain Boots

Ed note: Thursday Boot Co. sponsored this highly(ish) scientific wear-testing study Thursday Boot Co. is unabashed about touting their footwear's comfort. In fact, the first word on their About page is, well, "Comfort." But how do the boots live u... Read More...

Paraboot Avignon Brown Grain Leather Review

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Paraboot Avignon: One-Year Review of a Wildly Comfortable, Personality-Filled Shoe

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown’s free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story When I first came across Paraboot years back—which I’m pretty sure were a pair of Michaels, their quite distinctive Tyrolean shoe—my... Read More...

Alden x Ealdwine Dillon Color 8 Shell Cordovan Boot

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Wild Vibergs, Grainy Carminas and Indys, and Plenty More Alden

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown's free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story. You won't regret it! Ok, so I'll be up front about this: there's a ton of Alden in here this week—shops are bringing it with the ma... Read More...

Preview: What Viberg Has Coming up in the Second Half of 2020

Friendly but strong encouragement: subscribe to Stitchdown's free newsletter to ensure you never miss a single story A couple times a year, Viberg is nice enough to stop by my hometown for the MAN show at market week, a gauntlet of trade shows at wh... Read More...

Yuketen: The World’s Most Innovative Handsewns (and So Much More)

There are no shoes in the world like Yuketens. This is not hyperbole. It's a pure and simple fact that becomes immediately evident as soon as you set eyes on Yuki Matsuda's creations, shoes and boots of beauty and daring and masterfully harnessed ... Read More...

The Heritage and Evolution of White’s Boots: The Stitchdown Conversation with Eric Kinney

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 almost 170 years. Eric did it for 26 years himself, hand-sewing over 50,000 pairs. Eric ma... Read More...

DivisionRoad Viberg Brown Horsebutt Service Boot

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: John Lofgren, Lots of Viberg, a Parkhurst Collab, and More

A new year, and believe it or not, some new shoes. And boots! A number of brands and shops are coming out guns blazing in 2020—here are some of my early favorites. And don’t forget to check out all the previous Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week roundups—pl... Read More...