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 ...

2021 marks FN’s fourth year of presenting its Black History Month Spotlight series, which shines a light on some of the remarkable executives, entrepreneurs and designers in the shoe industry. As part ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lim Tian Seng's career took an unexpected turn after the 1997 Asian financial crisis ended his job in the construction ...