Navigating the workshop of Jim’s Shoe Doctor is a hazard for the inexperienced. Strips of leather and spare soles stack up next to imposing machinery and scraps on the floor. Mike Summers barely even ...

Ever looked down to find your shoes talking to you? No, not in a fever dream but as a result of wearing your kicks to death. While we may have been taught how to sew in childhood, learning to fix ...

WANT. >> AMERICAN WORKERS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 57% OF THE WORKDAY STANDING OR WALKING ACCORDING TO A 2020 BUREAU OF LABOR REPORT. WHAT BETTER BODY PART TO SPLURGE ON IT THAT HARD-WORKING FEET? >> A ...

In spite of our best efforts, ours is still in many ways a “throw away” society. But there are exceptions, such as a favorite pair of shoes that fit like a glove. When those favorite boots, shoes or ...

Ansley Travo is a few months into her cobbler training with Mike Derouin, of the former Thee Only Shoe Repair in Rochester. She says she enjoys the community around the shoe repair business and seeing ...