Stitchdown - Wear Better Shoes

“Chuck ’em in the River!” How Two Stefano Bemer Alums Teamed Up to Form Arno Shoes.

Just around the bend from the Stefano Bemer shoemaking school in Florence lies the Arno, central Italy’s largest river. If you overheard Bemer students while eating lunch on its bank, you might be convinced the whole thing is completely full of terri... 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 week, Ben and Ticho sit down with shop co-owner Curtis Bosch to talk about how he got suc... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Nicks x Parkhurst Collab Returns, the Garrison Goes Bronze, Bison CXL at Division Road, and More

I'd love to provide you good tidings and many gifts to open the twelfth month of a tumultuous year, but alas I come only with the comfort of knowing you're up to date on all the shoe and boot releases worth knowing about. Call it entering December... Read More...

Introducing Brandle: The High-End, Dressier Line From the Minds and Hands Behind Nicks Boots

There’s an old story over at Nicks Boots that goes like this: A longtime customer named Robert walked into Nicks’ Spokane workshop one day, in need of some boots his wife would let him wear to dinner—apparently his Nicks logging boots just weren’t... Read More...

Steve Doudaklian—Bedo's Leatherworks—Cobbler Shop

Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo’s Leatherworks

Ten years ago, Steve Doudaklian looked at a camera, said “good morning shoe repair family”, fixed up some shoes, and put a grainy video on YouTube as a service to cobblers around the world. A decade later, Steve’s videos still don’t look all that ... Read More...

Oak Street Bootmakers USN Field Shoe N1 Boondocker

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Throwback ‘Bergs, Horsebutt White’s, Grant Stone’s New Women’s Chelsea & More

Behold: Black Friday Friweek Frimonth is here, and we have dutifully and diligently gathered up all the very best sales we could find. Returning to our regularly scheduled programming, we've also got a Chelsea collab on a vintage Canadian military la... Read More...

Best Black Friday 2023 Boots & Shoes (& More) Sales: We’ve Got Them All

Once again we'll be tracking every single one of the best Black Friday/Holiday/whatever the hell you want to call them sales on 1) boots, 2) shoes, 3) adjacent stuff like socks, 4) menswear, 5) probably some leathergoods, 6) anything else we love and... Read More...

Amara Hark-Weber Bespoke Bootmaker Shoemaker

Never The Same Pair Twice: The Stitchdown Conversation With Independent Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber

A major car accident that devastated her short- and long-term memory almost upended Amara Hark-Weber’s life. Shoemaking gave her a new one. The accident occurred just as Amara was entering her final year of her MFA program, and the brain trauma she ... Read More...

Grant Stone Garrison Boots—CF Stead Classic Crimson Kudu

Introducing: Grant Stone’s New Garrison Service Boot

Grant Stone’s Garrison service boot model is pretty darn close to the platonic ideal of a boot. A “tell a (highly artistically talented) kid to draw a boot, this is what you end up with” kind of boot. Which is why it might be a bit shocking to lea... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: a New White’s Model, Color 8 Galore at Alden Madison, and More

We're starting the wind-down to 2024 strong, with two exciting Viberg pairs at Brooklyn Clothing, a second edition of the Rose Anvil x White's Drifter, a trio of Color 8 shell at Alden Madison, and more, in this week's Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week. ... Read More...