a TRUE WORLD’s FAIR OF SHOE ANd BOOTMAKERS

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One of the best Goodyear welt values anywhere—boots, phenomenal loafers, and more in a range of widths.

Beautiful boots that just so happen to be indestructible since 1964.

92 years of family-led bootmaking, and creator of the Service Boot that changed the entire game.

Properly made quality Goodyear welted shoes & boots at absolutely radical prices.

Quite possibly the best made sneakers in the entire world.

One of the GYW boot scene’s most exciting fresh faces—designed in the US, made in Spain, at home anywhere.

Brooklyn’s own bespoke shoemaker who studied in Florence will be operating his workshop out of Boot Camp for two days.

Re-igniting the Guatemalan shoemaking tradition, one handwelt at a time.

A fifth-generation revival of a Wisconsin tanning titan.

College for Creative Studies is a top ranked art & design school with education programs. There will be experts on-site demonstrating their expertise.

Hand-crafting some of the world’s most useful - and comfortable - boots for the past 125 years.

Creating some of the world’s finest—and most iconic—leathers since 1905.

Custom made boots and timeless design from a workshop located in the heart of Mexico’s shoemaking capital of León.

E. Woodford: continuing a five-generation shoemaking tradition in Northampton, England.

Chicago's high-touch distributor for the US and Europe's finest leathers.

Tom Carbone is a self-directed shoe making apprenticeship since 2006 and has completed six workshops in the Craft of Shoe Making. His work combine traditional and modern techniques.