For over sixty years, a quiet workshop in Marylebone, London, has been home to an increasingly rare craft: the art of truly ...

The smell of leather fills my nose, evoking notions of coveted expensive handbags, butter-soft winter gloves and the interior of my father's old Jaguar. It is a scent that is at once feminine yet ...

We caught up with Fukuda, during his first-ever visit to New York City this fall. It turns out the shoemaking wizard stepped into his cordwaining career entirely by accident, kickstarted by a break-up ...

It took a crushing heartbreak to mould one of Japan’s finest bespoke shoemakers. Shortly after completing high school, Toyama native Yohei Fukuda planned to move to America with his girlfriend. Hours ...

Japan developed a taste for the luxury footwear at the beginning of the 2000s and local manufacturing classes quickly took off. Each pair of shoes typically takes between 120 and 140 hours of work.

AMONG the boutiques in the canal district of Amsterdam is a shoe shop, called W-21, that has a selection of stylish footwear in the window. A select group of customers were recently invited there to ...

I have hazy but fond childhood memories of accompanying my dad to visit his tailor. There always seemed to be a decanter of scotch lying around in the studio, surrounded by dark wood, deep velvet ...