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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...

Russell Moccasin x Stitchdown Fishing Oxford—Tan Laramie Suede

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Stitchdown x Russell Moccasin, a New Line from Unsung House, DR x White’s Chonk, and More

Hello dearest readers, welcome back! I have made my escape after spending two weeks deep underground, sustaining myself on bioluminescent mushrooms, following an attempt to spellunk in engineer boots with too high an instep. Hopefully you were ... Read More...

Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023—Industry City Brooklyn

Stitchdown’s Boot Camp 2023 Recap: a Whole Bunch of Photos from Our Fine Leather Footwear Gathering

What was Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023? Well Boot Camp was certainly a world's fair of boots and shoes and leather, with more than 20 exhibiting bootmakers, shoemakers, tanneries, and toolmakers from literally all around the globe. Boot Camp was ... Read More...

Sustainability With Style: The Stitchdown Conversation With Unmarked’s Hugo Fonce and Marie Hébert

Traditional cowboy boots made with kudu leather. Beautiful longwing bluchers bottomed with chonky crepe soles. An eco-conscious mashup between a sneaker and a monkey boot made with recycled leather. You’d expect that each of these distinct styles wo... Read More...

Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee’s Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and More

Ed Gallun was born into tanning—and even though the American tanning industry isn't what it once was for much of the life of the tannery his great-great-great grandfather started in 1858 in Milwaukee, he simply can't get away from it. That's a very g... Read More...

Viberg - Halkett Boot - Nature Waxy Commander

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: DR x Easymoc, Viberg Drop Two, OSB Mocs, and More!

Attention all: The Thunderdome is nigh! Only two days separate us from the beggining of the most grandest boot-and-shoe-wearing competition in the history of our species. If you're shopping last minute, you'll find Viberg's second Autumn/Winter drop,... Read More...

Russel Moccasin - Big Cambo - WeatherTuff

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Ostmo x Iron Boots Type I, A New Nicks Hunting Line, and More!

Thanks for making your way back to Stichdown.com: where the news breaks and your boots never do. This week we've got some brand new tannages and construction techniques, in addition to an Ostmo x Iron Boots drop and a whole new line from Nicks. You'l... Read More...