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 ...
Gifting a pair can be a complex undertaking, but Yohei Fukuda, a master shoemaker in Tokyo, says the result is well worth the effort. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo Bespoke shoes must rank ...
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 ...
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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 ...
June 18 (UPI) --A pair of handmade shoes created by the co-founder of Nike for a University of Oregon runner in the early 1970s is expected to sell for up to $150,000 at an upcoming auction, the ...