FEIT Shoes

The handmade leather shoes from Sydney have landed stateside at Dover Street Market and now Assembly New York

Founded by the Price brothers, FEIT has been admired for some time—not only for their minimal design aesthetic, but also their dedication to “fighting” the retail system and swimming against the current. This battle includes having craftsmen sew and last each shoe, using only biological materials (from their vegetable-dyed leather to soles made from milk from the rubber tree), banning harmful chemicals and making (in …

Wimbleys No-Show Socks

Boldly patterned socks that promise to stay put, just in time for summer

Whether you’re sporting loafers or a worn-out pair of Chuck Taylors, in the heat of the summer, there are one too many sacrifices that come with the appealing sockless look—blisters, sweat and stink, just to name a few. While no-show socks have been an option for a while, they oftentimes come with their own set of problems, as they can slip off the heel and …

SOLS

Using 3D-printing technology to make the much-avoided subject of orthotics relevant and attractive

In an age of technology during which eye vision can be corrected in 10 minutes, prosthetic limbs are breaking ground in sensory feedback and computers can be controlled by brains, we’re surprisingly lacking in the orthotics department—an area that’s in high demand but hasn’t seen much innovation for a long time. This lack of attention has resulted in a lot of foot, back, knee and …