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 ...

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 ...

If you thought woven leather was invented by the Italians, think again. To celebrate its 150th anniversary, British shoe brand Grenson has created—or rather recreated—some milestone styles, like the ...

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 ...

John Karandonis, once Australia's most famous shoemaker, grew up without shoes in Nazi-occupied Crete. Karandonis is now a silver-haired old man, but his eyes shine – his pupils seem literally to glow ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Skilled craftsmen and artisans once dominated the shoemaking business before factories took over, but a North Side shop is bringing the art back to the people with new classes and ...

On a snowy day roughly 12 years ago, shoemaker Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé’s train pulled into a city she had never heard of — Providence, Rhode Island. Carrying a bag of shoe samples, Chassé walked ...

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 ...

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 ...

A county remains the "shoemaking capital of the world" despite decades of change, industry bosses have said. The British Footwear Association (BFA), based in Northamptonshire, has now represented the ...