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Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Inside Filson’s New Headquarters and Factory in Seattle, WA

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Filson, the 116-year old Seattle, WA based bag and luggage company, opened the doors to their new headquarters, yesterday. The 57,400 square-foot building also houses their new factory floor with viewing areas for visitors to watch Filson bag production. Visit Filson’s new…

A Trip to the Alden Shoe Company Factory

Some more great shots from the people at Horween Leather. A record of their recent trip to the Alden factory in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Of course the two companies have worked closely in the past, bringing together footwear skills with fine…

Oki-ni Visit the Dr Martens Factory – Cobb’s Lane – Northamptonshire

Oki-ni recently got together with Dr Martens to produce a new take on the Monkey Boot. This Hair-On model caught our eye as soon as we saw it, burgundy and navy blue spot on choices. The collaboration is produced in…

Behind the Scenes at New Balance, Cumbria, North West England

Frenchtruckers paid a visit to Flimby, Cumbria to check out the New Balance European Factory, where 237 employees have been churning out around 30,000 pairs of shoes since 1991. Factory manager Andy Okolowicz and Style Developer, simply known as ‘Mike’ give…

Inside Horween Leather – Shot by Nick Horween

Great Great Grandson of founder Isadore Horween, Nick Horween currently oversees business at the legendary company and evidently is also pretty handy with a camera. These beautiful images from the production line uncover the messy task of turning hides into…

Watch | The Making of a Cheaney Shoe

A straightforward factory tour video from the folks at Cheaney. An old-school production without any of the fancy pants music n’ fades these modern cats are applying nowadays. This will take you back to those educational films you were shown in…

Watch | Oak Street Bootmakers – Maine Factory

A short profile of Oak Street Bootmakers put together by Common Machine Productions. Brought to our attention by SF, behind the scenes at the factory, we hear from the labels creator and see some of their classic styles being put…

Video | Edwin Denim “Made in Japan”

Edwin make great denim and great videos. If these are two things that interest you then please go ahead and press play. A look behind the scenes at their Japanese factory, these guys take the process of jean making very…

Video | Molloy & Sons Weaving in Ireland

NOWNESS with the help of filmmakers Jamie Delaney and Keith Nally, profile one of the last surviving weaving mills, Molloy & Sons in Based in County Donegal, Ireland. The business, family run more than six generations, is now under the…

Superdenim Visits Filson

Since 1897 Filson have been kitting out fans of outdoor pursuits in rugged goodness. From that day to this their slogan remains ‘We guarantee every item purchased from us. No more, no less. Your satisfaction is the sole purpose of…

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Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Inside Filson’s New Headquarters and Factory in Seattle, WA

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

A Trip to the Alden Shoe Company Factory

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Oki-ni Visit the Dr Martens Factory – Cobb’s Lane – Northamptonshire

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Behind the Scenes at New Balance, Cumbria, North West England

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Inside Horween Leather – Shot by Nick Horween

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Watch | The Making of a Cheaney Shoe

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Watch | Oak Street Bootmakers – Maine Factory

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Video | Edwin Denim “Made in Japan”

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Video | Molloy & Sons Weaving in Ireland

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Superdenim Visits Filson