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Shoe production in the US has dropped 85 per cent since 1995 and around 90 shoe factories have closed as companies shift production overseas. Iconic American brands such as Timberland, Converse, Sebago, Johnston & Murphy and GH Bass & Co have all left. One of three remaining bespoke shoemakers in the country, Russell Moccasin survives, thanks to its recasting as a luxury brand in the Far East.
Photographer: Katherine Wolkoff Writer: Ann Marie Gardner
Wisconsin
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