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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first shoemaker came to the American colonies on the Mayflower in 1629. Early colonists brought boots and shoes, and soon the trade of cobbler, to repair existing footwear, developed. Gradually ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Nearly four decades ago, Sara McIntosh needed a new pair of shoes, so she thought she'd try to make her own pair. "My old pair was falling apart, and so I thought, 'Well, I'll just try ...

Sara McIntosh made her first pair of shoes in 1974. Her baby girl (who’s now 47) was starting to walk, and McIntosh wanted to craft a pair of soft-soled shoes to hug and protect her little feet.