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Nicks’ Takes Their First Stride Into Zero Drop Boots

Pacific Northwest bootmaking is in many ways the antithesis of "minimalist" or "barefoot" footwear. PNW workboot makers love tons of leather, crazy arch support, and heavier builds. So when Spokane's own Nicks Boots put out a lighter, zero-drop boot,... Read More...

Clinch Boots—Minoru Matsuura—Stitchdown's Sole Searching: Tokyo

Sitting Down With Clinch Boots Founder Minoru Matsuura (While He Makes Some Boots)

In the third episode of our SOLE SEARCHING: Tokyo video series, I visited the Clinch Boots retail shop to meet with the brand’s founder, Minoru Matsuura. But just spending time in the store wasn’t enough. For this fourth SOLE SEARCHING episode, I ... Read More...

Bradley Mountain x White's Boots Hiker in Brown Roughout

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Pastel Red Wings, White’s x Bradley Mountain, Viberg x Brooklyn

This one goes out to the Bonnie and Clyde of boot burglary. If you're looking for boots (disclaimer: please do so by regular means), you'll find two new pastel versions of Red Wing's classic moc, collab hiking boots from White's and Bradley Mountain,... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Clinch goes DITWOL, the LL64 Returns, and more

We've got a tight but very strong roundup this week, featuring a new Clinch Preorder at Standard & Strange, the return of the Nicks' LL64, collabs from Division Road, Withered Fig, and Lost & Found, and more. The roundup archive is right h... Read More...

Y'2 - EB-01 Engineer Boots - Olive Eco Horse

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Y’2 Engineers, Naked Kudus Overtake Crown Northampton, and More

Suffice it to say I've met a fair number of archeologists, wildlife-biologists, and other people who get a lot of wear out of their boots (my life is weird!). Two observations: none of them were wearing Alden Indy boots (sorry), and most of them woul... Read More...

All the Footwear Derek Guy Loves—and a Few He Really Doesn’t—From Bespoke to Workboots

OMG it’s Derek Guy. Derek’s an OG forum junkie turned menswear writer for Put This On, mass publications like The New York Times, and his own always-excellent blog Die Workwear!. In the last few years, Derek has become, to many, Menswear Guy on... Read More...

Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome—Akito Heritage Boots

Akito Boots: a Chat With Vietnam’s Handwelted Bootmaker Trung Le

As global connectivity and hungry hobbyists have uncovered prodigious bootmakers in some of Asia’s most far-flung regions, Vietnam has stayed relatively quiet. Even the most casual boot fan has likely heard of the brands in Indonesia’s Bandung lik... Read More...

Stitchdown x Russell Moccasin Fishing Oxford—British Tan Double Shot

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Red Boots for Valentines, Our Latest Russell Collab, and more

Need some red boots to really pull off that Valentines day look? We've got you quadruply covered. Also Easymoc's most serious boot is back, new Viberg makeups at Division Road, Fishing Oxfords we can't personally stop wearing, and more. Been a whi... Read More...

What Opie Way’s Justin James Lost in Hurricane Helene—and What He Found

In 2019, Justin James started Opie Way, a recraftable sneaker brand made right in Asheville North Carolina, USA, using incredibly high quality materials—something that basically didn’t exist previously. So of course right away covid hit and everyt... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Rancourts on Sale, Nicks Half Soles, and Corthay x… Asics???

This week's roundup comes courtesy of our (sovereign) neighbors in the north. DeVito's expanded range of Bobcat boots happened to land alongside with a dip in CAD, and while that dosen't lower Viberg prices, Withered Fig has some pretty sweet new 310... Read More...