Another Something & Company

We completely fell in love with these black patterned leather oxford shoes by Dries Van Noten.

Not yet for sale, but super promising work by the London College of Fashion student Jubin Yoo.

It is always inspiring to visit the fairs, last week Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence, and this week Bread & Butter in Berlin. This year we focussed on Red Wing Shoes and as a proud partner behind the Red Wing Shoes store Amsterdam it’s good to see so many people enjoying their boots. Here’s just read more…

This fall Red Wing Shoes will launch a new shoe where the ultimate work boot will meet British heritage. The shoe was originally designed as a country walking shoe for the people around Red Wing, Minnesota. Farmers and gamekeepers who needed a boot that could withstand constant exposure to water and a boot that, when wet, would read more…

The last ‘Monday Must Haves’ before Christmas shows a curated selection of goods by Tenue de Nîmes together with Miscellaneous and Red Wing Shoes Store Amsterdam. This week with the Red Wing Shoes store exclusive Beckman Moc 9030 Antique Cigar, the Edwin Holcomb Beanie Navy, a lovely set of wooden accessories (Teak 4GB USB stick, read more…

An iconic piece from our favorite British shoemaker Grenson is definitely the Frank. This boot is straight from the archive and was made for British soldiers over 60 years ago. Grenson made it again. Thankfully! The only thing you need to learn before you buy them, is how to bull your shoes the proper way.

Zonkey Boot, one of our favorite brands when it comes to hand made leather shoes, just launched their online shop. The perfect addition to our Gift Guide is this Zero Two Four Karo made on the Sailor last with waxed vegetable-tanned bovine leather and a natural rubber sole. The upper has been burnished to achieve read more…

With a cold wind in your face, trying to avoid the ice storms and pelting rain while on your bike, this is the perfect time of the year to unpack you boots, clean them and go out. I found some beautiful images in the Life Archives of one of our favorite boots from L.L. Bean. read more…

About a year ago I traveled all the way to Minnesota to visit the Red Wing Shoe factory and tannery for the Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam Store. Hypebeast featured the video we did, at the Red Wing Amsterdam site we featured the complete photo report and here I share the part that is not so read more…

We proudly present you: The official Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam online store. The Red Wing webshop offers the single most complete Red Wing shoe collection ever offered online plus a lovely curated selection of accessories, books, workwear-inspired clothing and Red Wing shoe care products. What more do we need during the rainy, cold and windy after read more…

Six months ago Veja and French Trotters released their collaborative project, this really nice sneaker made out of ecological materials, exclusively for their Parisian boutiques. The shoes made with naturally-tanned leather, organic cotton and wild Amazonian rubber comes in three beautiful colors: camel, navy and white. Each pair of Veja x FrenchTrotters has been waxed read more…

Today, the denim inspired boutique from Amsterdam Tenue de Nîmes launched its third collaboration with the well known English shoemaker Grenson. A handmade wingtip brogue in a beautiful gainsboro grey nubuck finished off with a hand painted, double leather white sole. The shoes are marked with the icon of their collaboration, the combination of the read more…

Our new treasures in Blend Magazine, inspired on the Middle-East. 1. Antique last, 2. Vintage Shuttle Loom, 3. Royal Republiq Desert Boot, 4. Antique Tea Pot, 5. Indigo Scarf by Double RL, 6. Bidoun Magazine, 7. Vintage apothecary bottles, 8. Souvenir watch from Libya with Muamar Gaddafi, 9. Rosary, 10. Vintage Rasor, 11. Vintage Ray read more…

Here is the new, lightweight canvas shoe by one of my favorite brands Won Hundred. A crepe sole, suede trim and nice details makes it the perfect shoe for the European summer. As it is feeling like autumn already I hope it is a little water proof as well… Go get your pair of ‘Tres’ read more…

Somewhere soon, Tenue de Nîmes will be launching their exclusive and hand dyed Indigo Chuck Taylor All Star’s. I’v had a sneak preview and really can’t wait to share more. Lie low, hold on, stand by and stay tuned!

My good friend and former classmate Ravi started a few years ago, growing organic vegetables on his own acre in the centre of the Netherlands selling the harvest on the market in Utrecht. He always complained about the quality of todays work boots so we decided to support him with a proper pair of Red read more…

Love this newcomer La Belle Échoppe. Simple, beautiful, well made goods with a history and an interesting approach, born from the collaboration between FrenchTrotters and redingote. Inspired by “Qualités de vie, objets des valeurs quotidienne” from 1991, a book about what’s beautiful and well made, and what was important in people’s life’s at that time, read more…

This weeks favorites on Nuji: Pickup by Harry Allen, Grenson’s Stanley, 1900′s Wabash Handkerchief by Woodlands Supply Co., the Leopard Leonard 2 glasses by Illesteva, Nigel Cabourn’s Air Craft Jacket, Wood Wood Powell bag and Moos Tailored Basics Short.

‘Madaboutown is for the man who’s not interested in trends, but in representing his timeless taste for quality and style one garment and accessory at a time.’ At least they are following the trend of giving really nice insights in craftsmanship. Here’s a short documentary on shoemaker Riccardo Freccia Bestetti. And take a look at Madaboutown as well – the read more…

I finally found my favorite pair of Red Wing Shoes: The 8144. The style provides the durability of a work boot with the clean toe profile of a classic oxford. Forget the slate blue Clarks I mentioned last week, this is the real spring shoe. Slate Blue Abilene leather, white Traction Tred sole, triple stitched read more…

Ronnie Fieg is right! These are the perfect shoes for a day like today. Spring is here – enjoy the weekend! (300 pairs of this Slate Blue Clarks Desert Boots by Ronnie Fieg are available this Friday, April 8th exclusively at the David Z flagship as well as the Davidz.com website at 10am Est.)

‘To witness the step-by-step process by which a pair of John Lobb shoes comes to life at its Northampton workshop is to see traditional craftsmanship and genuine skill in action.’ This lovely short clip produced by John Lobb highlighting the manufacturing steps each shoe goes through within their Northampton factory. 190 steps starting with the read more…

These works by French duo Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry made me think of this new dutch brand who recently won the Green Fashion Award during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, last week. Oat Shoes made these biodegradable sneakers that will grow flowers and plants when they did their job as shoes and you plant read more…

Grenson and Tenue de Nîmes have teamed up for their second collaboration. The ‘denim blue’ boot is inspired by an old infantry boot from around 1890. The material choice of fine Expresso Cyclone leather in combination with the roughness of British Millerain canvas embraces the fundamental idea of this collaboration: old meets new, rugged meets read more…

Red Wing Shoes released a video preview today on their photo-exhibition ‘From the Heartland’ by Tim Adler and Wytse Hylkema. A beautiful photographic documentary featuring Red Wing Shoe Company’s craftsmen and women. `From the Heartland’ will be exhibited during Berlin Bread & Butter and Copenhagen Fashion Week and will go online from February onwards. Red read more…

Love these hand made waxed leather Plane Toe Work Boots by our favorite Japanese leather company Roberu. (via The Shoe Buff)

Nº33. Wooden Snowshoes (Bearpaw) at Kaufmann Mercantile >

Nº 16. The soon to be available Zonkey Boot zerozerotwo.roadjazz >

Being a big fan of Saint Crispin’s it is a pleasure to start this returning interview series for Anothersomething with Michael Rolling, the shoe designer behind this exclusive brand. We wrote about them before and are excited to see he just launched a new brand called Zonkey Boot (later more on that). Enjoy a glimpse in his world, his inspiration and future plans:

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Grenson, the classic English shoe makers, will open it’s very own online shop this month. I’m looking forward to that, and to the ability to get some proper gentlemen’s boots for the winter without getting my feet wet. Meanwhile you can get these Glenn Cyclone Wax Canvas Boots at Forward by Revolve > (via selectism)