Shoemaker and pattern engineer Tim Noonan walks the line between the handcrafted ways of the Old World and the high-tech world of sports footwear. In the shoe trade, there’s an old expression: The ...

Shoemaker and pattern engineer Tim Noonan walks the line between the handcrafted ways of the Old World and the high-tech world of sports footwear. In the shoe trade, there’s an old expression: The ...

Some interesting facts about shoemaking: The first shoemakers arrived in America at Jamestown in 1610. By the 1660s, the Virginia Assembly required that some of the fees collected in the shoemaking ...

To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. In an industrial no-man’s land three blocks from Dover Street Market’s LA outpost sits an experiment in US luxury fashion: George Esquivel’s ...

Shoemaker, cobbler, Reebok model maker: whatever you call him, Lou Alberghini will make you a fine pair of sneakers. He has worked at Reebok for 21 years, and as a shoemaker for 38 years. "I was 60 ...

Have you ever had a custom-made shoe? If you lived in a previous century you likely would have. Prior to 1859, when American engineer Lyman Blake invented a sole-sewing machine, shoe-making was ...

Last year marked the turning point for the custom footwear industry in Toronto. Like the couture atelier in the clothing business, the bespoke shoemaker used to be a rarefied privilege for only the ...