Today, Cole Haan unveils a new collection of leather loafers and oxfords that are entirely made in the small town of Lewiston in Maine. It has partnered with five expert leatherworkers who make each ...

As she stands over her work table, Alexis Belski furiously rubs the glue off the old, broken boot heel, using just oil on a cloth. Chipping a nail, she is momentarily annoyed, but quickly sets back to ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Skilled craftsmen and artisans once dominated the shoemaking business before factories took over, but a North Side shop is bringing the art back to the people with new classes and ...

Shoemaking is a tough business, and not one that attracts young people. But, Park Dong-hee, chairwoman of Seongsu Sujehwa Town, is hoping the charm of individually made shoes over mass produced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Miru Wong, 33, grew up with her grandparents in Hong Kong and helped out at the family shoemaking shop. For her final year project in college, she worked on a rebrand for the family business. She's ...

In a loft space on a quiet block in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, several middle-aged women and men huddle over handmade work tables covered with cutting mats, carefully forming and sewing pieces ...

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 ...