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Category Archives: Shoes
These Aren’t Your Mother’s Penny Loafers
If you visit this blog often enough, you know that I like to talk about the American-inspired shoes that I come across up here in the Nordic region of the world. So in my latest installment, I give you… Continue reading
Posted in Penny Loafers, Shoes
Tagged American, American classic, American vintage, Americana, Classic Vintage, Clogs, free shipping, indie, Penny Loafers, retro vintage, rockabilly, rockabilly clothing, rocknroll, Sarah Jessica Parker, Scandinavian fashion, Swedish Hasbeens, toffel, träskor, vintage, Vintage Clothes, vintage clothing, vintage online, vintage online shop, vintage shop, vintage shopping, vintagekläder
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The Maine Hunting Shoe: A Classic Re-Mix
When writing the latest blog posts for AMERICANA about L.L. Bean & Sticking With The Classics, I was reminded about the Maine Hunting Shoe & how it’s been re-mixed over the years. Since 1912, L.L. Bean has been making the … Continue reading
Posted in Shoes
Tagged American, American style, American vintage, Americana, classic American fashion, indie, ivy, L.L. Bean, Maine Hunting Shoe, Manolo Blahnik, prep, retro vintage, rockabilly, rocknroll, Tommy Hilfiger, vintage, Vintage Clothes, vintage clothing, vintage kläder classic vintage, vintage shop
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My American Hometown Shoe Store
This is the first installment in a series about the people, places & things from my recent trip to America… In just about every small town in America, there’s a little shoe store that carries quality brands for local customers. … Continue reading
Estonian All-Stars
On my recent trip to Tallinn, I had to track down Estonia’s answer to Converse All Stars. And tracking I did… After trawling both souvenir shops as well as shoe stores, I was finally told that the best place to … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Converse, Shoes
Tagged Chuck Taylor's, Converse All-Stars, Eesti, Eesti Post, Estonia, Gong, Gong.ee, Pärnu, Tallinn
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Are Swedish Things Really In The Preppy Handbook?
Americana’s Video Blog Thank you SWEDEN for contributing to the American preppy style! Further Reading: The Official Preppy Handbook True Prep Take Ivy The Ivy Look: Classic American Clothing – An Illustrated Pocket Guide Style and the Man
Vans
With shoe manufacturing experience on the East Coast, Paul Van Doren and Gordy Lee moved to southern California in 1966 to produce shoes. After setting up a plant in Anaheim, the company became known as the Van Doren Rubber Company … Continue reading
Sperry Top-Siders
Sperry Top-Siders were designed in 1935 by Paul Sperry. Paul’s older brother was the well-known writer and illustrator of children’s books Armstrong Sperry. Paul Sperry was an avid boater who saw the need for boating shoes that did not slip. … Continue reading
Red Wing Shoes Videos
Here’s a follow up to my earlier post about Red Wing. It’s a video about the town, the factory and its generations of workers. As an added bonus, here’s a Red Wing ad giving you permission to wear your boots … Continue reading
Posted in Red Wing Shoes, Shoes, Videos
Tagged American shoes, Amerikansk arbetskor, Complex.com, Minnesota, Red Wing, Red Wing Shoes
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Moccasins
Moccasins are shoes or boots without a heel, usually made of soft leather where the sole is stitched to the U-shaped top part at the toes and on the upper sides of the foot. This allows the whole shoe to … Continue reading
Posted in Moccasins, Shoes
Tagged Algonquin, American shoes, Footwear by Footskins, hippies, Hush Puppies, Minnetonka, moccasins, slippers
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Red Wing Shoes
Red Wing Shoes was started in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1905 and is one of America’s most respected work boots manufacturer for its durability, comfort and quality. The brand, which is best known for its work shoes and boots, made … Continue reading
Posted in Red Wing Shoes, Shoes
Tagged American work boots, arbetsskor, combat boots, militarkängor, military boots, Minnesota, Norman Rockwell, Red Wing, Red Wing Shoes, stövlar, work boots
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