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US dress shoe lovers have the NYC super trunk on October 14, but all workwear boot enthusiasts will get their fix the week before, with the first Stitchdown Boot Camp taking place in Brooklyn on October 6-7. A large amount of domestic and a bunch of international boot brands will exhibit, sample sales, panel talks and more.
For those who don’t know, every year there’s a big “boot and shoe aging” contest called the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome, where hundres of footwear lovers wear a pair and cover the aging progression during six months. This year I had a pair of Midas Bootmaker x Skolyx x Dr. Sole moc toe boots in natural semi veg tanned leather, here’s a picture special of how these developed during the past half year.
Råland Bootmaker is a one-man operation creating seriously solid boots by hand – in Sweden. Now Adam Persson, the man behind the brand, has collaborated with the Swedish store Second Sunrise to launch a RTW engineer boot in Maryam horsebutt.
When it comes to quality footwear, there’s a lot more to it than just leather soles or rubber soles. The various types within each category are huge, all with various specs and preferences. Here’s a substantial guide to all the most common types of soles for quality shoes and boots.
The Norwegian bootmaker Lars Jensen of Østmo has teamed up with the Chinese brand Iron Boots to make his styles more accessible. Now the first drops from the collaboration is ready, and orders on still limited amounts can be placed the coming weeks. Here’s an introduction to the first styles.
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The US shoe and clothing store Division Road today presented their sixth instalment of The Patina Post, where they showcase how the patina develops on boots and shoes. This round there’s models from among others Crockett & Jones, Tricker’s and White’s boots included, and together with the previous rounds they form a great base to see how footwear in many types of leathers ages.
Suede is a material that is way more durable than what many still think. These boots are a good proof of this. A pair of very well used Red Wing boots that have been seen some heavy wear for a long time.
In this episode we put the spotlight on the thriving boot and shoemaking scene in Indonesia. We do this together with Emil Rahmana Putra, founder of the dress shoe brand Winson Shoemaker and workwear boot brand Midas Bootmaker. Hear him talk about how he learned shoemaking from reading online, about how he sometimes go up in the middle of the night to make shoes, about the challenges for the quality footwear industry in Indonesia, and much more.
When I wear my Wellington boots made by the Swedish bespoke shoemaker Janne Melkersson, the point of high boots become so obvious: its protective properties. You can walk around in the forest or wherever like a bulldozer, nothing disturbs you.
On Kickstarter loads of shoe brands has introduced “handmade” footwear of various kinds, where basically all have in fact been factory-made Goodyear welted or Blake stitched shoes, if even that. Now one can find a campaign with actual real, fully handmade Made to Measure boots from the Canadian brand Atelier Buck.
