The expiration, August 14, of two of what have heretofore been considered the "controlling " patents of the McKay Sewing ...

From the dawn of humankind, there has been a formula for making shoes. We cut pieces of leather or cloth, then sew them onto a sole. Today, everything from sneakers to stilettos are made this way.

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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 ...

Lucette Holland has a résumé that would make any footwear designer green with envy. After paying her dues at Christian Louboutin and Balenciaga, she worked in the footwear department of Phoebe Philo’s ...