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ORBISSHOEMAKERS & BOOTMAKERS IN NEW YORK5 stores · curated ORBIS register
New York / Online
The rakish 2005-born line of Northampton shoemaker Barker (est. 1880) — benchmade Goodyear-welted English shoes with the 17th Lancers skull-and-crossbones brogued into the toe.
Best for Benchmade English shoes with a subversive streak.
New York, USA
Cole Haan combines dress-shoe shapes with lightweight cushioning and flexible soles borrowed from trainers. The wider range includes loafers, boots and casual footwear, so intended use matters when comparing models.
Best for Dress Shoes, Innovation
10 Christopher Street, New York
The West Village shrine of men’s shoes — Edward Green, Corthay and friends in one tiny perfect room; trunk shows worth flying for.
Best for The world’s great shoemakers, curated
New York, USA
NYC espadrille brand since 2010—authentic Mediterranean jute-soled shoes with handcrafted cotton uppers and embroidered vacation optimism.
Best for Embroidered espadrilles for vacation-ready summer style
Soludos was founded in 2010 by Nick Brown during a hot New York summer, searching for traditional jute-soled espadrilles to bring Mediterranean footwear to the USA. The name combines the Spanish words 'salud' (cheers) and 'sol' (sun). The brand specializes in authentic Mediterranean espadrilles perfected over 14 years, featuring breathable cotton uppers, traditional jute soles, and handcrafted construction. Soludos offers collections for women, men, and kids, available at the official website, Bloomingdale's, and through secondary marketplaces. The brand has collaborated on limited-edition collections including New York City-themed espadrilles slides with Lockhart Embroidery.
Online
Stuart Weitzman is a New York footwear label celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026, known for Spanish craftsmanship. Its collections include the 5050, Stuart Power and Nudist lines, plus dedicated bridal shoes and handbags.
Best for 5050 boots, Stuart Power heels and Nudist collections
Stuart Weitzman markets itself around a specific claim of origin: Spanish craftsmanship, promoted on its own site as a defining feature of the brand's 40th year in business as of 2026. That anniversary places the label's founding in the mid-1980s, and the brand has built a fall 2026 collection specifically around it — a '40th Anniversary Stretch Collection' referencing the stretch-leather construction Weitzman is known for.
The current catalog organizes around a handful of named collections: the 5050 line, the Stuart Power collection, and the Nudist collection, sold alongside standing categories of pumps, boots, sandals, flats, loafers and sneakers, plus a dedicated bridal range covering both shoes and handbags. The brand also maintains an extended-sizes collection and a men's line.
Stuart Weitzman is now part of Caleres, Inc., the footwear group that also owns brands like Famous Footwear and Naturalizer — a detail visible in the site's own copyright footer rather than in its marketing copy. For shoppers tracking brand ownership as well as design, that corporate detail is as telling as the shoe collections themselves.
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