CHICAGO (CBS) --Skilled craftsmen and artisans once dominated the shoemaking business before factories took over, but a North Side shop is bringing the art back to the people with new classes and ...

Some interesting facts about shoemaking: The first shoemakers arrived in America at Jamestown in 1610. By the 1660s, the Virginia Assembly required that some of the fees collected in the shoemaking ...

Shoes have been a necessity of human life since prehistoric days. In fact, the oldest surviving leather shoe is approximately 5,500 years old! The first shoemakers arrived in America at Jamestown in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They are one of Brazil’s most basic and typical products, made in the poorest region of the country. At the ...

Sara McIntosh made her first pair of shoes in 1974. Her baby girl (who’s now 47) was starting to walk, and McIntosh wanted to craft a pair of soft-soled shoes to hug and protect her little feet.