This past September, two marquee names in traditional footwear—the Maine-based maker Rancourt & Co. and the West Village boutique Leffot—joined hands to offer the Bit Ivy, an unlined bit loafer in ...

Cordovan shoes are made from horsehide. Before you start weeping and gnashing your burger-biting teeth, consider that the hides that wind up on our feet are not from steeds raised for that purpose but ...