Today, Cole Haan unveils a new collection of leather loafers and oxfords that are entirely made in the small town of Lewiston in Maine. It has partnered with five expert leatherworkers who make each ...

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is launching a new prize for the 2025 edition of its annual Footwear Awards to celebrate and promote Britain’s shoemaking heritage. Called the Craft of Shoemaking ...

ROCKY RIVER, OHIO — Lots of women love shoes, but only a few love them enough to want to make their own. But Michaela Reynolds did. The Rhode Island woman came to Rocky River to learn at the bench of ...

Shoe manufacturing peaked in Lewiston and Auburn a century ago, a boom before the Depression’s bust, some headline-making strikes, and several disastrous decades of offshoring. In Lewiston, Museum L–A ...

Miru Wong, 33, grew up with her grandparents in Hong Kong and helped out at the family shoemaking shop. For her final year project in college, she worked on a rebrand for the family business. She's ...

As a young woman in the 70s, Sara McIntosh, founder of the Chicago School of Shoemaking in Ravenswood, was a part of the back-to-the-land movement. She built a log cabin, bought a cow, grew her own ...

Shoemaking is a tough business, and not one that attracts young people. But, Park Dong-hee, chairwoman of Seongsu Sujehwa Town, is hoping the charm of individually made shoes over mass produced ...

In a loft space on a quiet block in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, several middle-aged women and men huddle over handmade work tables covered with cutting mats, carefully forming and sewing pieces ...

BELLVUE — Look down at your feet. You're probably wearing sneakers or sandals, maybe slippers or hiking boots. Have you ever given even one minute's thought to how they're made or from what? Bellvue ...

PARTIZÁNSKE, the city once called Baťovany, was one of the industrial centres of shoe mogul Tomáš Baťa. But today there are only a few feeble reminders in the Trenčín region - such as the big shoe ...