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 ...

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 ...

San Antonio-born shoe designer Selena McCartney creates stilettos destined for the runway and the red carpet, but in a small East Austin studio on a recent Saturday, she taught a handful of students ...

A MILE IN HER SHOES: Deborah Robertson is an award-winning shoemaker who will teach the shoemaking process in upcoming workshops. “When I teach a new skill, I show and explain why we are accomplishing ...

Bay Bertea took her first shoemaking course at the Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side less than two years ago. She is a quick study: Next month, she will launch Good Design, her own line ...

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 ...

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. – There’s no television, no talking head political analysts. The only noise is the slight whisper of a needle binding pieces of leather together in Molly Grant’s shoemaking class at ...

BELLVUE — Look down at your feet. You're probably wearing sneakers or sandals, maybe slippers or hiking boots. Have you ever given even one minute's thought to how they're made or from what? Bellvue ...

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 ...