Michael James is one of the few remaining artisans in England who can turn a foot’s measurements into a wood carving, the model for handmade shoes. By Susanne Fowler LONDON — Before leather can be ...

The bespoke process begins with meticulous measurements of the client’s feet—including the circumference of the ball, instep, and arch—which serve as the blueprint for making a wood last. Using les, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – On the corner of Douglas and South Hillside Street in College Hill you can find pieces of Peru’s rich culture. “My whole life I wanted to make shoes, it’s something I’ve wanted ...

A few months after sprinter John Mays joined the University of Oregon in the early 1970s, his track coach asked if he would be willing to test out a prototype pair of sprint shoes. The shoes’s ...

WANT. >> AMERICAN WORKERS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 57% OF THE WORKDAY STANDING OR WALKING ACCORDING TO A 2020 BUREAU OF LABOR REPORT. WHAT BETTER BODY PART TO SPLURGE ON IT THAT HARD-WORKING FEET? >> A ...

It’s a quality he may have inherited from his father, who turned a barn attached to the family’s property on the North Shore of Long Island into a workshop for home improvement projects. With time, it ...