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Wesco’s Chris Warren on How Engineers Should Fit—and the Issues the Bootmaking World is Facing in 2022

The bootmaking world is a strange one in 2022. The easy part for top makers: finding customers who can't wait to buy their boots. The hard part? Sometimes it feels like literally everything else. Supply chain breakdowns are slapping delays on leather... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Burly Bison White’s, Division Road Hits Us With a Hurricane, and More

It’s another extremely prolific week in the shoemaking world! Read on to learn more about the latest collaborations between Division Road and Crockett & Jones (featuring a rarely-seen leather), a whole bunch of new Chelseas from Viberg, some rugg... Read More...

Coming Soon To A Hiking Boot Near You: Dr. Sole’s Tumaz Sole

Taiwanese solemaker Dr. Sole Originals initially set out to create their own updated takes on heritage-style soles for work and play. Drawing inspiration from older brands such as Biltrite, Cat’s Paw and O’Sullivan, they’ve developed some wildly popu... Read More...

A Highly Emotional Shoebag!! Wedding Footwear Rules, Best Winter Boots, and is Ticho Getting Rid of All His Shoes???

Ticho and Ben are back with another good ol' fashioned Stitchdown Shoecast Shoebag episode, in which we answer probing listener questions like "are there any more rules with wedding shoes?", "how important is historical context when it comes to a pai... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Grant Stone Double Oak, Chromepak is Back at Viberg, and More

Hoo boy…I’m ready to be done with winter. These sunsets before 6 o’clock are really getting to me. On the bright side, there’s lots of cool new releases to talk about in our roundup this week, including more of that stunning Dark Oak Roughout leat... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Quoddy’s New Slippers Are The Bomb(er), Viberg and Unmarked Hit The Trail, And More

It’s another exciting week in the world of shoes ‘n’ boots! Not only because the Viberg sample sale is happening this weekend, but there’s a lot of awesome new releases to talk about, including some new Viberg drops, a couple very neat pairs from Gra... Read More...

Viberg Sample Sale 2022: What You Need to Know

It's back! After an agonizing two-year hiatus, Viberg is reconvening its honestly pretty legendary sample sale in New York City, beginning February 10th. They'll have some boots, most likely. Also shoes, probably. Who's to say. (Surprise update: they... Read More...

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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Unmarked Pulls Up A New DB Hunter, OSB Goes To War, and More

In our latest edition of SNBOTW, we take a look at some wild new Yuketen releases over at Standard & Strange, some faithful recreations of military footwear by Oak Street Bootmakers, a special set of Viberg service boots available at Brooklyn Clo... Read More...

Jitterbug Boy: Shoemaker Extraordinaire For The Stage and Screen

To say that Jeff Churchill has lived an eventful life would be an understatement. When Jeff was a teenager, he got involved in the local theatre scene in Toronto, focusing mainly on technical aspects like lighting and set design; eventually he sta... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Unmarked Gets Dressed Up, Viberg Teams With J&FJ Baker, And More

Between the snow and the subzero temps, I’ve been cooped up in my house for a good chunk of this January. Other than sitting around and contemplating getting a pair of those JK Arctic boots for my freezing feet, I’ve been checking out some of the new... Read More...