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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...

Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Makes Remarkable Cowboy Boots—& Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive

To call Sarah Madeline Tierney Guerin an incredibly skilled cowboy boot maker would be accurate—and also highly incomplete. Sarah is also an artist, a historian, an educator, a storyteller, a preservationist, someone who just thinks about things diff... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: a New White’s LTT, Tricker’s x Burberry, RDT Pre-Order and More!

If you're on the east cost and enjoying the cold snap, I recommend reading this article the way I wrote it, cozied up with your laptop like the sleeptime tea bear. Stay tuned for a brand new model from White's, a Northamptonshire collaboration tha... Read More...

Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023—Industry City Brooklyn—E. Woodford

Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Boot Camp Event on the Shoecast

So, Tichoblanco forced me to talk about Boot Camp, the fine leather footwear gathering / world's fair of boots and shoes and leather / celebration of shoemaking / big ol' party that we just put on a few weeks back in Industry City, Brooklyn. We ge... Read More...

Division Road x Viberg - Gallun Viking Calf

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Monster EasyMocs, Meermin’s New Workboot, Excellent Indys, and More

Halloween is right around the corner! Which has absolutely nothing to do with this release roundup, but man you better get your costume together. Very important. Read on to find a new Viberg release at Division Road, Meermin's new workboot (and la... Read More...

Grenson’s Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & “Throwing Away the Pompous Bit”

“Let’s just change it up a bit” is how Tim Little describes his approach to shoe design for Grenson. It might as well be Tim's ongoing mantra. After years in advertising—including handling the Adidas footwear account—Tim decided it was time to ch... Read More...

The Tannery and “The Shoe”: A Deep Look Inside the Red Wing Shoes and S.B. Foot Factories

Inside the historic St. James Hotel—established on the main drag of Red Wing, Minnesota in 1875—sits a room lined with humble displays that pay tribute to what the city was built upon. One display highlights the area's fertile lands, which provided... Read More...