Although bespoke footwear seems like a far-off luxury reserved for aristocrats from the 1800s or high-earning sartorialists from today, custom boots are still a thing — and you can get yourself a pair ...

Several years ago I wrote about one of my favorite stores in America, Heritage Boots in Austin, Texas, here at Forbes.com. Ever since I’ve heard praise and gotten thank you messages from people who I ...

NEAR AKELEY, Minn. – Most boots are manufactured by the thousands, and shipped from China or other countries. But one man in northern Minnesota is still doing it the old way. Craig Bartels owns and ...

Sarah Madeleine Tierney Guerin is the creative force behind Saboteuse, a bespoke Western boot company known for its unique, handcrafted designs. Combining traditional craftsmanship with innovative ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The world might just be catching on to the allure of country and Western culture, but we've been big fans ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Authentic Texas cowboy boots is the reason people go to Republic Boots Co. Chris Conrad opened the store 12 years ago as a way to preserve Texas culture. "I lived in Italy for a ...

A Texas-based boot maker is taking custom-made alligator boots to the next level by giving customers the full experience of hunting their own bootleather. Starting this fall, Republic Boot Co. is ...

Giddy up on over here if you want to get a leg up on the latest trend in fashionable footwear. Well, maybe not the latest, as cowboy boots have been around for ages, as far back as the 1600s in Spain ...

We made them, and people's feet were being supported. Now we have all this crap."Bartels learned the importance of good boots as a young man on the back of a horse. He grew up in rural Minnesota. His ...