“I’ll be right out,” I hear muffled somewhere nearby, then echoed through my phone. A door creaks open and I turn around to see Andrew McAteer emerging from basement stairs below to greet me on a ...

Gifting a pair can be a complex undertaking, but Yohei Fukuda, a master shoemaker in Tokyo, says the result is well worth the effort. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo Bespoke shoes must rank ...

In an origin story more reminiscent of a tech start-up than a luxury-leather-goods brand, Andrea Santoni founded his business in a garage with only five employees and the aim of scaling artisanal ...

On a random Thursday, something weird washed up on the shores of Ogmore-By-Sea: not a sea creature, but hundreds of leather ...

As the fashion world looks for alternatives to plastic and leather, mycelium is rising to the top of the material supply chain. Derived from fungi, including mushrooms, mycelium is actually the ...

Chances are, you’ve heard of vegan leather. You’ve probably even heard of mushroom leather, but what about apple leather? A byproduct of the apple juice industry, apple leather is made from ...

HAVERHILL — Haverhill was once a thriving manufacturing center for women’s shoes, earning it the nickname “Queen Slipper City.” For nearly 150 years, the shoe industry kept downtown buildings buzzing, ...

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Buying a brand new pair of shoes is one of life's greatest pleasures, and breaking them in is among its greatest pains. It's no wonder, then, that a thriving ecosystem—made up of would-be leather ...